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Re: [Healeys] brake fluid

To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake fluid
From: "sentenac.rw--- via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:12:16 -0700
Cc: Austin Healey list <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Does anyone know if the current Eezibleed Kit includes a cap that will
fit the Girling reservoirs on BN1 & 2s?  I know there is a brute force
method of buying a spare cap ($22 from Moss) and drilling a 13mm hole
in it for Gunson's plumbing.
-Roland

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:38:17 +0800, you wrote:

>The vacuum hand pumps don't work well with drum brakes, especially on the
>100.  Better to go with ezibleed.
>
>
>On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:49 AM Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <
>healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> I have used a Gunson Eezibleed Kit for donkeys years. The first kit was
>> bought around 1965, later was ones followed as these were constantly
>> improved upon. However you can improvise on this with a bicycle inner tyre.
>>
>> Basically you pressurize the brake fluid reservoir and open the bleed
>> nipples one by one until clear and bubble free liquid appears. You need
>> to get used to the system to avoid spillages and you have to top up the
>> brake fluid reservoir after flushing each line.
>>
>> Others use a vacuum hand pump to draw the fluid through the bleed nipples.
>>
>> Kees Oudesluijs

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