

| 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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