Re: Pressure-bleeding equipment

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <36F5E336.2339B0AA@mindspring.com> Ian Molee writes:

> > a reservoir bottle for brake fluid.  You remove the cap from the brake
> > fluid reservoir, screw on this contraption, hook it up to the tyre and
> > bleed away, making sure the bottle never empties.

> Does this equipment's intrinsic tie to the brake reservoir mean that it
> is not necessarily applicable to tasks that involve bleeding of the
> clutch system?  Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to this, because
> the Haynes manual doesn't detail the clutch bleeding process at all, but
> rather instructs the reader to simply follow the pressure-bleeding
> equipment manufacturer's instructions.

a) On most LHD cars, the brake reservoir _is_ the clutch reservoir.

b) On RHD cars, there's a separate little reservoir.  Gunson do a cap
   that fits it - there's a "send off for" postcard in the pack.

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