You really don't need a Mighty Vac, if you have a shop vac. A standard Kodak
film can will fit in the end of the shop vac hose. Get some tubing that fits
over the bleeder, make a trap out of a jelly jar, or suitable container, cut
a hole for the hose in the film can, stick it in the vac hose, fill
reservoir, hit the switch and watch the fluid flow.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 8/24/01 8:19 AM, "Tommy_Samuels@markivauto.com"
<Tommy_Samuels@markivauto.com> made the profound statement:
> Last night was a good night in the garage.
> I don't have a mighty vac, but it's on my Christmas wish list w/ the wife and
> kids
>
> So I put heavy plastic film over the m/c and tightened the cap to keep all the
> fluid from removing the rest of the paint from my garage floor.
> I removed the clutch line from the s/c and the s/c from the tranny
> raised everything above the level of the m/c and reconnected the line to the
> s/c
> Since the interior is still gutted, I laid my creeper across the sill and
> tranny
> tunnel to sit on.
> You all know the routine - press the pedal, open the bleeder, close the
> bleeder, release the pedal REPEAT
>
> Well after about 6 times all the air was out and the pedal was very firm
> I reinstalled the s/c and WOW, the clutch actually disengages.
>
> The whole process was less than 15 minutes.
>
> Since I was already pretty nasty, I went ahead and bled the brakes all around,
> but I had to recruit my wife to help
> Not the happiest camper in the world, but she didn't complain too much
>
> I still had a little time so I drained and refilled the tranny and rear diff.
>
> If all goes well the test drive is scheduled for Saturday afternoon
> It will be the first time this car has been on the road under it's own power
> in
> 15 years
>
> Tommy
> 70B Daily driver
> 67 Sprite - almost a driver
>
>
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Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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