

| Subject: | Re: home-made pressure bleeder |
| From: | Courtney Hook |
| Date: | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:41:15 -0700 |
Will this work on my type2 bay window? It has a remote reservoir under my front seat. Thanks! Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: Re: home-made pressure bleeder > You just pump it to something like 20 psi and then crack the lines in your > typical fashion...with no need to pump the pedal. Make sure to fill it > with > enough brake fluid, though. > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Courtney Hook > <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>wrote: > >> When you are using this, do you just build up the pressure to 20-25psi, >> then crack a wheel bleeder? There is no need to operate the brake pedal >> to >> "open" any internal passages etc in the master cylinder? When I do it >> regularly, I pump the pedal of course, with a helper. >> Thanks, >> Courtney >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:33 AM >> Subject: Re: home-made pressure bleeder >> >> >> >> I built that exact type of bleeder--works great! >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:22 AM, sam mccarthy <sfcompost@yahoo.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Folks, I found this page when searching for a pressure bleeder >>> mentioned >>>> in >>>> the recent posts about clutch slave cylinders. This should help the >>>> bleeding >>>> procedure if like me you never have anyone around to pump the pedal. >>>> http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm >>>> Sam M >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Casey >>> '87 300TD >>> '94 100CSQ Avant >>> '89 Bluestar >>> >> >> > > > -- > Casey > '87 300TD > '94 100CSQ Avant > '89 Bluestar
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