Re: LRO: Clutch bleeding questions.

From: John Cranfield (john.cranfield@ns.sympatico.ca)
Date: Tue Apr 03 2001 - 08:01:35 EDT

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    AH but you see my mityvac (SP) came with just such an attachment.
    The question was how to fit the hoses to the bleeders.
    The little black dodads don't stay on. I have just been slipping the
    hose directly on the nipples (bleed nipples that is)
    John and Muddy

    David Scheidt wrote:
    >
    > On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, John Cranfield wrote:
    >
    > :
    > : Hate to break it to you Pete but the word is spelled
    > :vacuum, I know it looks wrong but hey I didn't invent it.
    > :John and Muddy
    > :PS I will be interested to see that setup.
    >
    > Basically, take a jar with a tight fitting lid. Drill, poke, otherwise
    > cause to appear a pair of holes the size of your handy vacuum tubing.
    > Insert two pieces of tubing through the holes, one should be long, and go
    > nearly to the bottom of the jar. The other should only stick 1/2 an inch or
    > so into the jar. Seal the holes the tubes pass through with epoxy, RTV. or
    > something. Put a little brake fluid in the jar, enough to cover the end of
    > the long tube. Attach the other end of the long tube to the bleed nipple.
    > Attach the vacuum pump to the short piece, make sure the lid is tight, and
    > pump.
    >
    > Or you can head to your local tool place and get a Lisle 19200 brake
    > bleeding kit ($8 at sears), which is all of this premade. Works well.
    >
    > --
    > dscheidt@tumbolia.com
    > Bipedalism is only a fad.



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