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Subject:Re: HELP NEEDED - Cooling System Flushing
From:Budd Premack
Date:Fri, 9 Jul 1999 00:06:09 -0500

Coby Smolens wrote: (Remember, it's Friday already.)

>It's very often the case that in spite of the most meticulous bleeding
procedure you still wind up having to top up the level a couple times. I
attribute this to the height of the front heater core, among other things.
The only really sure way to bleed the thing perfectly the first time is to
stand the van straight up with the nose in the air. Then you just need a
twenty foot step ladder and a real skinny funnel... ;-)>

I have a 28 foot extension ladder which I hope is an acceptable substitute
for the 20 foot step ladder Coby suggested for the UPSIDAISY mehod of
bleeding air from the cooling system.  Next time I have to flush and fill,
I'll try it and let you know if it works as well as your step ladder
technique.

Budd Premack
86 Syncro, 73 Super
Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky Blue Waters)

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