Well, you've all exposed my ignorant fanny in public. Air rises.
That's just too bloody obvious, isn't it. Think I'll go sit in the
corner and suck my thumb for an hour or so.
Seriously, thanks for the good information. I'll give it another shot
tomorrow with greased threads and not using the dandy little 90 degree
angle nipples that come with the Mityvac. If that fails I think I'll
try opening the bleeder valve and injecting some DOT3 into the system
from the fitting on the master cylinder, then close it all up again
and try the mityvac once more. If no luck there, I'll try the drip
method. So far as I can tell right now the only place there is any
fluid is in the master cylinder reservoir and that level never changes
no matter
how much I pump the pedal.
Thanks again to all for the help. I knew this group was good for more
than just idle humor....
Cheers!!
Jim - with DOT3 on his sneaker in Dodge City
On 5/2/05, Rick & Carolyn <wrongwayricky@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> The tape should work but if not there are other ways. I think all us have
>been through this. You need an extra joint before your elbow. The bleed must
>be on top to get the air out, air rises up. You can use the drip method too.
>It takes a while but does work. Loosen the bleed valve from under the car and
>let it drip out real slowly for a while. A couple of hours normally does it.
>close it and feel the pedal. if you get any movement/resistance it is
>working. The clutch will self bleed if you get it started. Keep pumping it
>and the air will come out eventually.
>
> You can also disconnect the slave cylinder and let it hang to do this. It
>also makes it easier to get to the bleed valve.
>
> There is also some neat devices out there. One uses air to pressurize the
>master cylinder and bleeds it that way.
>
> There is also some nice little check valve devices to use these all help.
>
> When I changed from a smooth case to a rib cage, the mistake I did was to
>connect the slave on the rib cage directly to the hard tubing. like the
>smooth case connection. This gave me no end of grief. The set up would work
>for a while then leak like a fauset. I don't know how many times I was under
>the car tightening this along the side of the road. It wasn't until I noticed
>the extra flex tube in Moss' catalog that it occurred to me. Haven't had a
>leak in several years.
>
> cheers
>
> ww Ricky
>
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