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Subject:Re: Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder
From:Jim Felder
Date:Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:16:01 -0500

I did the same and it works great!

Jim

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Michael Sullivan
<sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK...Had my order ready for the Motive Euro bleeder last week. �It's not the
> price that stopped me, but the shipping time. �So I looked at the previously
> posted homemade one. �I had a few minutes last Thursday, so I made one. �I
> gotta say thathe instructions were fool-proof(trust me). �I bought a
> generice �gallon psprayer at Lowes and the rest of the parts #s were exactly
> available. Took 30 min to get parts and one hour(busted a nuckle and had to
> cry/drink a beer) but turned out great. �Holds pressure all day and releases
> easy. �Did not have a back-up oil res cap, so used a Poulan leaf blower cap
> instead. �Seems I can now just add a beetle cap, Mazda p, whatever and I'm
> good for whatever. �Haven't bled them yet, but will in the next day or so.
> Just wanna put out the kudos cuz I cannot find the orignal poster and due to
> my upload options I cannot load the link to the .pdf. �I am sure others have
> this link available.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle
>