Following up with what Daryl said and Miguel's post of a store selling
ready-made bleeders, I found this one that says it works on air-cooled
VWs,

http://store.motiveproducts.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=motive&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=430477321&Count2=347617745

so it would seem that a home-built model should also work.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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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