Un-freakin-believeable.
Clever.
Someone's got to try this and report back to the list.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of DenverD
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Well the clutch hose is fitted....no clutch pressure??
>
>
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:33:12 -0500, Bob D. wrote:
>
> > well you might try the ezibleed
> >gismo. My experience is that it's very hard to bleed the
> clutch.On Sun,
> >16 Jun
>
>
> i live in denmark, and very old man said to me, just a couple
> of weeks ago:
>
> bleeding the clutch on an MG is real easy...you just get a
> hose the right size and
> length to fit between the bleeder valve on the right front
> brake and the bleeder
> valve on the clutch slave cylinder..
>
> 1. check clutch fluid level, if necessary, attach the hose to
> the clutch slave and
> drain the clutch line into a catching pail until the
> reservoir is empty
>
> 2. check that the brake reservoir is *full*
>
> 3. attach the hose to the brake bleeder valve, open the valve
> and have your
> assistant slowly push the brake pedal until fluid comes out
> (filling the hose with
> fluid) and then put that end onto the clutch bleeder valve..
>
> 4. open the clutch bleeder valve and have the assistant
> RAPIDY pump the
> brakes three times, ending with the foot on the floor where
> it is then held,
> until--immediately close the clutch bleeder and the brake
> bleeder (after closing
> the brake bleeder the assistant my raise their foot)
>
> 5. check and top off clutch and brake reservoirs
>
> 6. remove the hose from the clutch bleeder, with helper
> ready, open the brake
> bleeder and push the brake pedal until you are sure you have
> not accidently let
> air into the brake line...tightened that bleeder and top off
> the brake reservoir one
> final time..
>
> i've not tried it, but it sounds like it should work..
>
> DenverD - A Texan in Denmark
> 65B # GHN3L/33680 (version for Denmark)
> engine 18V581-H193
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