That vacuum pump should have come with a special grease to seal the bleeder
screw threads.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Yi-Ruey Wei <ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon

>I bought a "OEM" brand lifetime warranty 'Vacuum Pump' at AutoZone for $25
>which can be used on on-person brake bleeding.  The vacuum pump IS the
>Mityvac hand held pump.  But it also comes with the necessary tubes,
>adapters and jar.  I used it to bleed all brake/clutch fluid with very
>satisfactory result.  One thing I've found was the vacuum will leaking out
>around the bleeder nut.  You may have to pump faster to overcome the leak.
>I'd like to have a 2nd person (NOT your wife, if you know what I mean) to
>pump the break pedal since it's a lot faster and more pressure to push out
>the old fluid.  But for clutch slave cylinder, I'd use the vacuum pump
>since the Bentley said so.  BTW, the bleeder nut on clutch slave cylinder
>is very easy to access from engine the compartment.  Don't try to do the
>bleeding from underneath. And don't skip this bleeding step because you'll
>amazed how dirty the old fluid will be when it evacuated out.
>Good luck,
>Yi-Ruey Wei
>87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/78K miles
>85 Jetta GLI w/165K miles
>Dallas, Texas (It finally rained)
>
>
>
>
>Richard O'Halloran <ohalloran@IATRONET.NET> on 09/13/98 02:15:26 AM
>
>Please respond to Richard O'Halloran <ohalloran@IATRONET.NET>
>To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>cc:
>Subject:  Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
>
>
>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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