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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