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Subject:Re: vanagon Digest - 15 Sep 2006 - Special issue (#2006-780)
From:John Rodgers
Date:Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:05:38 -0500

Jeff, where do you get those Motive units?

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jeffrey Vickers wrote:
> I have one of the Motive units. Love that thing. Really easy to
> use--- put some fluid in the tank, screw the lid onto your reservoir,
> pump it up to 10 psi (about 4 pumps) and then go open your bleeders
> at the wheels. Ba-da-bing. If you are anywhere near the SF Bay Area
> you're welcome to borrow mine.
>
> Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
> On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>> Date:    Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:11:31 -0400
>> From:    neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
>> Subject: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Am slowly getting to point of setting wheels of van on
>> ground. Seems one thing after another. Am replacing a
>> steel brake line so....
>>
>> Found a little info re: power bleeders in archives,
>> and gleened enough to see how they work.
>>
>> I'm a one man band here bleeding brakes on my own.
>>
>> I'm willing to pop $ for power bleeder (looks like
>> plastice pesticide spray can).
>>
>> Are these useful and reliable? Any opinions will help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Neil Nicholson.
>> 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
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