Added note:  make sure the fluid in the jar/receptacle is scrupulously
clean, as it may be sucked back into the wheel cylinder during the bleeding
process.

I have a gizmo I bought years ago called "EZI-Bleed" that works on the same
principle.  Haven't used it with my Vanagon yet, though.

Brent Christensen
'89 Syncro Westy "Klaus"
'91 Taurus SHO (Gone today! - On her way to St. Louis, MO sold via Internet)
'95 Cherokee Sport

----- Original Message -----
From: Steven X. Schwenk <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Rebuiliding brake master cylinder

> "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.