Evangelos: I work mostly alone on my junk, er cars, and when it comes to
bleeding it's such a pain in the butt that I even more want to be alone!!! Then
I can swear. So the pressurization of the master cylinder (like what I
understand the E-Z bleed does with tire pressure) I do with the Miti-vac on the
blow cycle. Not much pressure at all, and with the bleeder open I also slowly
pump the pedal. The extra reservoir that I put inline between the pump and the
master cyl. just gives me more fluid and I don't have to worry about running out
in the MC, which of course means you have to start all over again. Yes, it uses
a lot of fluid. But it's an unpleasant task at best and anything to make it
easier is ok by me. Now on airplanes (small single engine ones that have REALLY
simple brake systems) we have bled them backwards with an oil can filled with
fluid. Worked great...not FAA approved.
Geoff Branch '74 Meejit needs springs
----- Original Message -----
From "Evangelos G. Makris" <egmakris at otenet.gr>
To: "Geoff Branch" <gjbranch@mediaone.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Bleeding my clutch AKA what not to do
> Hello Geoff,
> are you implying that your method is better than the 2-person "standard" one
(i.e.
> per the shop manual)? When it comes to bleeding brakes and clutches I'm rather
at a
> loss too, however everytime I take the cars to a professional they manage to
make
> the pedals feel solid, as if all the air is expelled, and they consistently
use the
> standard 2-person method.... I watch them do it and it seems perfectly
> straightforward to me, but when I get a helper to press the pedal while I turn
the
> bleeders, the result is not as good. Go figure...
>
> Needless to say the Eezibleed only manages to get half the air out,
irrespective of
> the tyre pressure. Wastes a lot of fluid and the results are not satisfactory.
>
> Evangelos
> 66 Sprite, 78 Mini, 61 A40, 73 BGT
>
>
> Geoff Branch wrote:
>
> > My Mini was the hardest thing to bleed that I have come up against, and the
> > solution that worked for me was to pressurize the master cylinder with my
> > Miti-Vac, through an auxillary reservoir so as to have more fluid avaiable,
and
> > proceed with the bleed normally into the clean jam jar. Hope this helps.
> >
> > Geoff Branch '74 Meejit
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