Larry -
Just one question - my early BN1 has the bleed screws on the bottom rather
than the top of the wheel cylinders... in this case I'm not so sure your
method will work...
Can you confirm?
Alan
On 2/14/07, Larry Varley <varley@cosmos.net.au> wrote:
>
> Breda
> No, don't close the screw, just leave it open 1/4 turn and slowly pump
> the pedal until you see the liquid coming up the tube that you have
> suspended beside the car. Once you see there are no bubbles coming up
> through the liquid stop pumping and close the screw. You don't have to
> worry about your foot being on the pedal when you close the screw as the
> pressure from the head of liquid in the tube stops the air being drawn
> in. You will get a little seepage of liquid out of the bleeder screw
> thread during the process, but not much.
> Cheers
> Larry
> Austin Healey 100 restoration site
> http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/
>
> Breda O'Sullivan wrote:
>
> >So should the bleed screw be closed each time the pedal is pumped,
> prior
> >to letting it back up to refill the master cylinder with fluid from the
> >reservoir?
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