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Subject:Re: Rebuiliding brake master cylinder
From:Steven X. Schwenk
Date:Sat, 1 May 1999 18:01:02 -0700

"Joe L." wrote:

> <<<Bleeding the breaks is also not that hard but IS something of a pain as you
>
> need to get someone to pump the breaks while you crawl around under the van
> shouting "UP/DOWN/HOLD". That is, unless you get one of these "One Man Bleed
> Kits".>>>

Not so...put a piece of hose on the bleed nipple and run it into a separate
container with brake fluid in it...with the hose submerged in brake fluid....you
can then just pump the pedal with the nipple open while feeding fluid into the
main resovoir until you get all of the air out or until you replace all of the
fluid ...you don't need 2 people.  this makes the annual cahnge of brake fluid
not such a miserable task.