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WLC4EVA · Guest

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Hey come on Jim, you are having me on aren't you?

You clamp the other hoses to ensure all the pumped juice goes into the cylinder you are bleeding.

Kind Regards, WLC

Nic Jarman · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:35 am Post subject:

When I worked in a car parts shop I would cringe when a customer would buy a bottle of brake fluid and then shake it. Rolling Eyes

Then they would wonder why they could not get all the air out of their brakes and then blame the fluid.
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WLC4EVA · Guest

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Perhaps they were just checking to see if the bottle was full Nic?

And then, like wise old owls, left the bottle to settle on the shelf for a week before using it.

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Jim.Walker · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield

Jim.Walker · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield

WLC4EVA · Guest

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I offered the suggestion about clamping the other hoses to them as wanted suggestions Jim.
I started out with your technique, then added the clamping hoses technique when I learned about it.
I then swapped to a Delphi pressure pump, which was pretty good, especially since I didn't need someone to pump the pedal..

After I learned a better one man system, the Delphi laguished on the shelf.
As, when, and if you'd like to learn a bomb-proof one man technique, let me know.

I am sorry if I hurt your feelings.

Kind Regards, WLC

Jim.Walker · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield

Roger-hatchy · Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 2135 Location: Tiptree, Essex

[quote="with my age in mind - it removes the need to perform physical contortions which no longer come easy?

Jim.[/quote]

At last I find I'm not alone Laughing

MVPeters · Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA

So that's at least three of us, then.

There's no need for anything more than a strong right leg, two cans of brake fluid (not shaken or stirred), a piece of rubber tubing & a glass milk bottle.

Works every time - guaranteed - 100%.

Mike

Jim.Walker · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield

I also need a spanner Mike! Or should that be a "wrench"? Laughing

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WLC4EVA · Guest

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Thank you for assuring me I didn't hurt your feelinga Jim.

I wonder, can you clarify something for me please?

You wrote, but the technique I described still works, but without the need to pump the pedal.

Is that a typo, or have you actually found a way to bleed a system without pumping the pedal.
And presumably without some other form of pump?

Kind Regards, WLC.

WLC4EVA · Guest

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I forgot to add.
The method I use decreases the physical jerks a bit, but not a lot.

The best way I know to reduce PJs is to get one of they new fangled two post lifts.
I knew a wheelchair bound mechanic who could bleed brakes using a two poster.

Kind Regards, WLC

WLC4EVA · Guest

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Wow your strong Mike.

Last time I did one, I had to use an oxyacet spanner to shift the bleed nipples, and there's you loosening them with your fingers.

Kind Regards, WLC

Jim.Walker · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield

WLC4EVA · Guest

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Actually Jim, you were wiser than you realise.

Research has shown that pressure ones entrap air and damage seals.
You were actually doing you customers a favour by not usig a pressized gadget on their motors.
Eezibleed are said to cause the same problems

The Delphi one I used had an electric pump to push the juice through the system.
It ran with hardly any pressure at all, only a slow trickle out the nipple.
The other side to your advice "The pedal should be pressed and released with reasonable deliberation (not rapidly) to avoid fluid aeration."

Kind Regards, WLC