Dennis Haynes wrote:

> 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
> >
> >Yeah...I've got one of those too... It SUCKS!!

(that's a good thing in this case...)

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