

| Subject: | Re: brake bleeding |
| From: | Joe L. |
| Date: | Wed, 26 May 1999 09:15:36 -0400 |
By all means please post the picture. ----- Original Message ----- From: Karl Mullendore <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:32 AM Subject: Re: brake bleeding > I've tried all the ways to bleed brakes and clutch cyls. in my 18 years in > the business, and here is, by far, the easiest way to do it (and the way > I've done it for the past 7~8 years!) : > > Way-cheap and long-lasting pressure bleeder: Total cost around $15~20 ! > > Go to your local gardening store, Lowes, etc., and purchase one of the small > one-gallon hand-pump sprayers intended to be used as a garden insecticide > sprayer. Also pick up a brake fluid reservoir cap from either an early > Vanagon or Rabbit (the plain one without a level sensor), and a hose > fitting, the correct size for the sprayer's hose. Drill a hole in the cap, > screw in the fitting, attach the hose. Now fill the container about half > full with fresh brakefluid. When you are ready to use it, screw the cap in > place of the original cap, pump the handle about 20 times to build pressure. > (I usually set the pump on the lower rim of the steering wheel) Then all you > have to do is go to each bleeder valve, open it and watch the old flow out > as the new goes in. No more helper needed! Works great on those odd things > that won't bleed any other way, and you are guaranteed an air-free job. If > anyone needs a visual of what it should look like, I'll be glad to send a > digital pic. > > Karl > '87 Westy Syncro TD
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