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Subject:Re: clutch bleeding
From:Ed McLean
Date:Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:36:51 -0500

Scott,

Since you quoted the email that was in response to my email I think you
should know that we are NOT talking about pressure bleeders.

Ed

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:59:13 -0800, Scott Daniel - Shazam
<scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

>No special tools or rigs are needed to bleed vanagon clutch hydraulic
>systems.
>My 'rig' cost 50 cents, and has performed flawlessly on the last 65 clutch
>hydraulic clutch bleedings on vanagons, or the last 265 times I did.
>You do have to know what you're doing of course,
>But I personally DO NOT recommend pressure bleeders.
>Scott
>Turbovans
>
>I have a pressure bleeder too btw, collecting dust on the shelf.
>I think it's better to use the master cylinder itself to bleed the system.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Miguel Pacheco
>Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:24 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: clutch bleeding
>
>Ed, I looked up this Speedbleeder you speak of and it looks pretty legit to
>me. I noticed that it is available only for 73-89 and 92-95 VW Vans.....so,
>did you order the SB7100 for 73-89? Mine is a 90 and I wonder if 90-91 vans
>had different size bleeders...........Thanks,
>Miguel
>
>
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