Date:         Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:02:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions
Comments: To: neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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Neil,

Nah, I wasn't mislead... that's about what I expected to see. I haven't
used a pressure bleeder like this one... the gotcha with these is that it
needs to come with a cap that will fit tightly onto the Vanagon master
cylinder so you can put pressure behind the fluid.

I went with a vacuum bleeder because it was cheaper, smaller (I'm stingy
about my limited sotrage space!), and only needed a rubber cap about the
right size to fit over a bleeder screw... if you read the first review on
the Amazon page you provided, you'll see that cap fit was a problem for
that reviewer. It's a bigger problem for us Vanagon owners with our master
cylinder *inside* above our treasured OEM carpets. ;-)

Tim

At 02:41 PM 9/15/2006 -0400, neil wrote:
>HI all.
>
>I used the term "Power bleeder" in subject line, which
>might have been misleading.
>
>This is what I'm thinking of:
>
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Motive-Products-0251-Import-Bleeder/dp/B0002KM5MY
>
>
>And Tim, thanks for pointer to another idea.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Neil.
>
>
>
>
>--- Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Power bleeder seems like overkill to me, I've had
> > great success with a
> > hand-operated mity-vac bleeder kit (09820 kit shown
> > here)
> >
>http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_hvpk.asp#06820.
> >
> > You've got to pump a while for the longer lines, but
> > it gets the job done.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > At 01:11 PM 9/15/2006 -0400, neil wrote:
> > >Hi all.
> > >
> > >Am slowly getting to point of setting wheels of van
> > on
> > >ground. Seems one thing after another. Am replacing
> > a
> > >steel brake line so....
> > >
> > >Found a little info re: power bleeders in archives,
> > >and gleened enough to see how they work.
> > >
> > >I'm a one man band here bleeding brakes on my own.
> > >
> > >I'm willing to pop $ for power bleeder (looks like
> > >plastice pesticide spray can).
> > >
> > >Are these useful and reliable? Any opinions will
> > help.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >Neil Nicholson.
> > >1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> > >
> > >http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> > >
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