At 06:31 PM 9/18/98 -0700, you wrote:

  I kept the old
>seal with its numbers intact.  There must be a seal outlet in the real
>world from which these things can be obtained for a few pence.
>
Any good bearing house (King Bearing, Motion Ind's, etc) should be able to
cross reference.

>Using a Mityvac in its brake bleeder configuration, I attempted to
>"bleed" the cylinder.  The fitting on the MV  bleeder configuration
>proved not to provide an air- tight fit, and I am certain that the
>clutch cylinder still has air in it.  Tomorrow, I'll rebleed the brakes
with Teflon tape around the
>threads of the bleeder valve and with a direct  fitting of the plastic
>piping to the bleeder fitting.
>
Just recently someone (Steve, Dennis, or???) commented that there is a
particular grease for sealing the bleeder threads - anybody have
specific/accurate info regarding this?  (or info ref the replacement
bleeders that have a built-in one way valve?).

Austin