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Subject:Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
From:Richard O'Halloran
Date:Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:15:26 -0700

I want to change my brake fluid (long overdue unfortunately) and I don't
have a pressure bleeder or even a vacuum device. I can do the brakes OK the
simple way (found it in the archives) but how do I do the clutch? Bentley
says to only use a pressure bleeder for this. Should I just ignore bleeding
the clutch and hope that enough of the new brake fluid will work it's way
through? Would a Mityvac vacuum type system work for the clutch bleeder
valve? And does the Mityvac work better for the brake side of things as
well? Can I try to work the clutch pedal in the same way as the brake pedal?
Should I do the brakes first or the clutch first or does it matter?

Thanx for this.

Rich

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