- 1. Brake Bleeding Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Eugene Balinski" <eugeneb@nni.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:20:51 -0400
- I am getting ready to help my friend with some brake work on his 53 'TD. Part of that will be to bleed the brakes. I was going to purchase one of the bleeders such as a MityVac (sp?) or equivalent.
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00183.html (7,393 bytes)
- 2. Re: Brake Bleeding Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:36:48 -0400
- I think you'll discover that the TD brake system doesn't lend itself to MityVac or EziBleed. It may be a matter of its venting technique. At least that's been my experience. I've been quite successf
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00192.html (8,665 bytes)
- 3. Re: Brake Bleeding Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Steve West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:23:14 -0400
- Mine is a B, and I just use an Easybleed. However, an old airplane trick is to bleed from the wheel cylinder up. In other words, start pushing brake fluid in the bleeder until you see it in the resev
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00196.html (7,665 bytes)
- 4. RE: Brake Bleeding Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:46:06 -0500
- Many times have I used the MityVac to bleed TD and other brakes. This applies suction to the bleed nipple at the slave cylinders. Two comments: 1) You may find it easier to use the EZ Bleed system w
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00212.html (8,662 bytes)
- 5. Re: Brake Bleeding Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:45:18 +0100
- Don't like Mityvac, some say it can suck air *into* the slaves from round the bleeder threads. I have used an EeziBleed semi-successfully on my MGBs. It is fine for the rears, but at the fronts I sti
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00220.html (7,682 bytes)
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