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Re: poor brake pedals

To: Alan Seigrist Blue 100 <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: poor brake pedals
From: Larry Varley <varley@cosmos.net.au>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:15:04 +1100
Hi Alan
I don't see that it will make any difference the head of liquid should 
still act in the same way. This method has always worked for me 
regardless of the car.
Cheers
Larry
Austin Healey 100 restoration site
http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/

Alan Seigrist Blue 100 wrote:

> 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 
> <mailto: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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