Re: Smoke Machine / insect repellant (83 5kT)

[Charles L Depenning <cldepenn@iastate.edu>]

At 09:44 PM 9/5/98 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:
>I use a pair of "stork" pliers - they're a bit longer and stronger than
>typical needlenose jobs.  Make sure you get all of each one out -
>they're complicated little things with little coiled springs running
>round them.  It can be a struggle, though - reckon on ten minutes for
>the first one, five for the second, and ninety for the last.
>
>--
> Phil Payne
> Phone: 0385 302803   Fax: 01536 723021
> (The contents of this post will _NOT_ appear in the UK Newsletter.)
>

Boy does that sound familiar... tonight I did the first hydraulic bleed job
on my 84 4kq.  What seemed like such a trivial job turned into all
afternoon and tonight 'til eleven.  Snapped one bleeder screw off,
(thankfully NOT the clutch), discovered a 1/8" pipe plug in driver's rear
bleeder position, and generally pissed my wife off by missing dinner.  I
did however make a cute little pressure bleeder out of an old cap as
suggested by listers.  A new tool!  

Thanks for all of the advice -- I think I'll try the valve stem seal job.

CDePenning
'84 4kq
'83 5kT