Re: Pressure-bleeding equipment

["Steve Hewett" <SHEWETT@oceanspray.com>]

I recently had to bleed my clutch and tried to use a vaccuum pump to no avail.  The following solution wasn't pretty, but it worked on my LHD 88 5kcstqw.  Finally used a bicycle inner-tube - cut it, sealed one end with two metal bars and a c-clamp, put the other end over the reservoir filler (cap moved out of the way) with a hose clamp to hold the pressure.  Pumped up the pressure in the tube and then opened the bleeder and drained the fluid into a container.  Did this three or four times (refilling the reservoir as I went) and it worked like a charm.  There is a fellow that advertises in the Roundel classifieds (John Abbott) - he sells a tool that does the same thing for $30.  Don't have his phone number handy.  

>>> Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk> 03/22 2:45 AM >>>
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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 Phil Payne
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