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Subject:Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
From:David Katsuki
Date:Mon, 14 Sep 1998 18:38:55 -0400

I've used both and they both work, although I prefer the MityVac, since I
think that it gets all the air out better.   Note that the One-man bleeder
is MUCH cheaper.

Dave

At 10:33 PM 9/13/98 -0500, A. Kimmons wrote:
>Richard O'Halloran wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
>I've used something called a One-man Brake Bleeder...Cal-Van Tools # 274.
>It's just a vinyl tube with a tiny check valve at one end. Works great on the
>brakes.
>

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