This really never works 100%, because the bleeder screw threads
can leak air.

Ben Cichowski wrote:

>Hey All,
>
>I'm changing out the Clutch MC and Slave this weekend.
>
>I have heard that you can submerge the end of a hose coming off the bleed
>valve on the slave into a jar of brake fluid...
>
>and then just leave the valve open while you pump the clutch watching
>bubbles come out - thus avoiding the: Pump....loosen valve...close
>valve...release....pump...loosen valve...close...etc.
>
>   i.e. The communication dance of the clutch bleed tango
>
>I guess the idea is if the hose stays submerged, it cannot suck up air -
>theory seems sound to me, but I haven't tried it.
>
>Is this a method anyone has used? Please only respond if you HAVE USED THIS
>METHOD AND KNOW FOR SURE IT WORKS...or IF YOU HAVE USED IT AN FOUND IT A
>TERRIBLE METHOD
>
>My now very pregnant wife...aka "the clutch pumper" would very much
>appreciate this method to avoid me belting out directions from under the
>wheel well...if it does  indeed work.
>
>-Ben
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