Chuck, I'm confused. Just after you cautioned us about becoming
toolaholics(too late), you describe a cool bench-bleeding kit.
Dave Camp(heading for NAPA)
----- Original Message -----
From Charles Christ <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 6:59 PM
Subject: bench bleeding m/cyl's
> napa and other parst houses sell a kit for bench bleeding with plastic
screw
> in adapters that have a nipple on the end for a rubber hose to be slipped
> onto. the hose is intended to be put into the resivour fill hole and with
> regular brake fluid you just pump the piston untill no more air bubbles
come
> out of the tube going back to the resivour. it's that simple with alcohol
> based fluids.
> with silicone fliud you need to run your tube to a galss(clean) jar and
only
> put fresh fluid from the container into the resivour when bench bleeding a
> master cylinder. silicone is prone to airation wich takes a while to
settle
> out. if you do not bench bleed with fresh fluid you are reintroducing air
> into the master cylinder in the form of foam. this will eventually settle
> out and give a very spongy pedal at best in a day or two requiring redoing
> entire system bleeding to purge air from system. now the glass jar with
> the expensive foamy silicone fluid? just cap the jar and let it sit and
> settle out the foam/air bubbles and go ahead and use it as long as it is
> clean fluid and not contaminated. little to no mess, and you did not dump
a
> quart of the fluid on your floor(financially a bad move and real slippery
on
> the shop sneakers too!).
> ok kids! that's it for today. back to living large in lurk mode! he-he!
> chuck.
> yup weeks go by and i type nothing, tonight, i'm a typing fool! i may be
> totally wrong but i'm a typing fool. yeah! (zappa refrence required)
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