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Subject:Re: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions
From:neil
Date:Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:41:27 -0400

HI all.

I used the term "Power bleeder" in subject line, which
might have been misleading.

This is what I'm thinking of:

http://www.amazon.com/Motive-Products-0251-Import-Bleeder/dp/B0002KM5MY

And Tim, thanks for pointer to another idea.

Cheers,

Neil.

--- Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> wrote:

>
> Power bleeder seems like overkill to me, I've had
> great success with a
> hand-operated mity-vac bleeder kit (09820 kit shown
> here)
>
http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_hvpk.asp#06820.
>
> You've got to pump a while for the longer lines, but
> it gets the job done.
>
> Tim
>
>
> At 01:11 PM 9/15/2006 -0400, neil wrote:
> >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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> >
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