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Subject:Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch slave
From:Don Hanson
Date:Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:12:09 -0700

You could probably go to your local hardware store, garden supply or Wal
Mart Garden place and get a Weed sprayer.  Rig that to your MC and save $
rather than buying a Motive Power bleeder...Same thing, the weed sprayer..
  Don Hanson

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:

> Ditto, Don and Scott!
>
>  But, I may never get to use it;  I have both a Motive unit and and auto
> transmission.
>
>  I wonder, if you get a long enough hose, could a person bleed a different
> vehicle's brake/ clutch systems (using the good vehicle's brake system for
> pressure)?
>  Hmmmm, we may haved stumbled onto something here. It seems to me to be a
> 'poor man's' version of a power-bleeder!
>  I volunteer Scott to give it a try, and report back to us all.............
> Mike B.
>  Neat trick.
>
>    Power bleeding with a Motive Power bleeder is the better way than a
> Vacuum
>  Bleeder...
>    When you are alone, the pressure-style bleeding systems are pretty
>  fool-proof.  I used to sometimes bleed brakes a couple of times per day in
>  my racecar..So I do have some experience with that stuff.
>    Don Hanson
>