

| Subject: | Re: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions |
| From: | neil |
| Date: | Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:25:04 -0400 |
hey. yah the reviewer pointed out what you said, and is def. worth mention. And yes, did occur to me that master cyl **inside** of vehicle. So odd.....so very odd ;^) I'll look into a suction unit. I have two calls out to local auto tool places, but no one seems to have the pressure (inexp) system. Thanks. Neil. --- Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM> wrote: > Neil, > > Nah, I wasn't mislead... that's about what I > expected to see. I haven't > used a pressure bleeder like this one... the gotcha > with these is that it > needs to come with a cap that will fit tightly onto > the Vanagon master > cylinder so you can put pressure behind the fluid. > > I went with a vacuum bleeder because it was cheaper, > smaller (I'm stingy > about my limited sotrage space!), and only needed a > rubber cap about the > right size to fit over a bleeder screw... if you > read the first review on > the Amazon page you provided, you'll see that cap > fit was a problem for > that reviewer. It's a bigger problem for us Vanagon > owners with our master > cylinder *inside* above our treasured OEM carpets. > ;-) > > Tim > > At 02:41 PM 9/15/2006 -0400, neil wrote: > >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. > > > > > > > >http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > > protection around > > > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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