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brake bleeding q



Holy Shamoley!

You ballooned the reservoir?  Wow.  Even I never did that.  I'm
surprised you didn't blow it right off.  I wonder if you damaged the MC
seals??  Does it pump OK?


Foxx, man, drive down and borrow The Original Cheapass Ron Pressure
Bleeder.  Everybody else has :)

Ron

--- "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@copper.net> wrote:
>   okay, so being more of a cheap ass than ron, i took an old
> reservoir
> cap and fit a tire valve through it. i then used a bike pump to add
> pressure to the system. worked fine for the one line that we had
> almost
> bled (got much more air out). tired it on the other rear wheel and
> got
> nothing. when i went back up front to check on the status of the
> fluid,
> i noticed that the reservoir has expanded due to pressure. i release
> the
> pressure and tried again. same thing. i moved up tot he front wheel
> and
> tried bleeding it, but same problem. it's like the lines are plugged
> or...? any ideas? this should be more-or-less like pressure bleeding,
> right? any info would help. this is becoming more than a little pain.
> thanx.
> 
> -- 
>  /\_/\	  Foxx (in a box)
> < o o >	  http://foxx.tripod.com
>   \ /
>    °
>

=====
Cheapass Ron
'87 Scirocco 16'Victor'

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