Dan, Bleeding the brakes is so much easier than that. Buy your self a little pump oil can at the local auto parts store and a piece of clear tubing. Fill the can full of hydraulic fluid. Slip one end of the tubing over the end of the oil pump and the other end over the bleeder nipple. (You may have to buy a 1/4 tube to go on the pump and a 3/16 tube to slip inside the 1/4 tube and onto the bleeder nipple) Crack the bleeder nipple open and pump fluid through the system from the bottom up. Close the bleeder nipple. Your brake system is now bled. This works best if you start with an empty or nearly empty reservoir. Usually, one little pump can full of hydraulic will fill one side of your brake system. Fill the can and repeat for the other side. -Jeff ScottLos Alamos, NM ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Dan Heath" <da...@windstream.net> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Subject: KR> Matco wheels and brakes List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:40:36 -0500
Well, I would be even more concerned about having the brake line that close to the pavement. He said that I can turn it horizontal, but I don't think it bleeds well that way, I tried it. My plan for bleeding is to suck the fluid from the reservoir at a high volume, to suck out all the air and replace it with fluid. I have a large reservoir that I will place on top of the reservoir, that holds about a quart of fluid. I have a device that connects to the compressor and acts like a reverse paint sprayer, sucking the fluid through the system using the bleeder valve and depositing the old fluid in the container that would hold the paint, if it were a paint sprayer. I will let you know how it works when I get there. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics� See you at the 2011 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN There is a time for building and it never seems to end. Daniel R. Heath -�Lexington, SC -----Original Message----- The fluid chamber needs to have the bleeder on top to be able to easily bleed the air out. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ____________________________________________________________ Refinance as low as 2.875% Most loans under $729K are eligible for Government Refinance Programs http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d5b0aa423a952cbcfast06vuc
