My E-Z Bleed type kit came with an assortment of rubber 90 deg fittings to
connect between hose and different sized bleed nipples. Might be able to buy
them at Auto Parts houses.
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Tim Davis BN7
> Lately, my trusty ol' Mk 1 has been getting difficult to shift, so I decided
> it was time to follow Norman Nock's expert advice, and bleed my clutch
> hydraulics.
>
> Fabricating the offset 7/16th box wrench described on page 207 0f Norman's
> tech notes book, I put the Blue Meanie up on ramps today and bled the slave
> cylinder. Luck was with me, as a town arborist arrived about ten minutes
> after I started, to inspect some trees. He was ogling the car, so I put him
> to work pumping the clutch pedal.
>
> In any case, my car shifts really smoothly now. It's like driving a new
> machine. Tonight was a cool clear evening here in southern Maine, and it was
> especially delightful to breeze along some of the back roads with the top
> down, effortlessly slipping from gear to gear as needed.
>
> However, I was unable to fit a hose to the tiny slave cylinder nipple
> earlier. I have small hands, but I was still unable to get into a suitable
> work position to put a piece of hose over the nipple (yup, wound up doing it
> the sloppy way, catching the fluid in a pie tin). Unfortunately, without a
> hose and a jar you can't see any bubbles, and have no way to determine how
> much air was trapped---which would sorta be nice to know.
>
> Can anybody comment on what kind of tubing works best, and how in blazes do
> you get in there to put it over the bleeder screw?
>
> == Alex in Maine
> 1960 BT7 "Blue Mainie"
> Former owner 1957 100-6, 1967 BJ8
> Amateur Radio AI2Q
> http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm
>
> .-.-.
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