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Re: bench bleeding confusion

To: KEVIN EDDINS <EDDINSK@NRISO.NOLA.NAVY.MIL>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: bench bleeding confusion
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:36:10 -0500
At 05:40 PM 1/14/99 -0600, KEVIN EDDINS wrote:
>
>QUESTION:  Should the fluid freely leak from the bleed nipple when
>loosened?  It was previously and I always thought that it seemed
>strange.

Hey Kevin,

Answer to the question (IMHO) is yes.   That's the mysterious force of
Gravity in action.

Maybe a pro would be neater, but I got enough brake fluid over everything
to completely remove the fresh paint I had applied to my master cylinder.
<sigh>


Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire  FM96062 UO

Succasunna, NJ USA

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