Jay, I did a similar thing many years ago. It's something you only do once.
It doesn't take much pressure at all when using the EZ Bleed. In the case
of youse guys with 68 on brake master cylinders, the tank and its seals to
the cylinder aren't designed for pressure.
Be safe.
Peter C
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At 02:29 PM 1/2/2003, Jay Shaffer wrote:
>SNIP
>So I drilled a hole in a Midget cap and threaded it onto the NPT fitting on
>the EZ Bleed. Squeezed some silicone around the fitting and upon noticing
>the tiny air bleed hole in the cap squeezed some silicone in there.
>24 hours later I set out to bleed the brakes. I put some LMA in the EZ bleed
>screwed on the cap pumped 'er up to 10 LBS and slid under the back wheel to
>bleed the brake. While I'm fumbling with the bleed tube and getting the
>wrench onto the fitting I am vaguely aware of a hissing sound.
>"Hmm?" says I and I slide from under the car into a misty geyser of brake
>fluid. The brake fluid was atomized through the formally plugged cap vent
>hole at 10 PSI. After an hour of cleaning brake fluid off of every surface
>within ten feet. I plugged the offending hole with a screw and successfully
>completed the task of bleeding the brakes albeit at a more conservative 6
>PSI.
>
>--
>Jay Shaffer
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