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Re: bellhousing "window"/ bench bleeding (no, not me)

To: "Fergus OFarrell" <FOFarrell@qtww.com>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: bellhousing "window"/ bench bleeding (no, not me)
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 06:35:58 -0400
I have a book that describes how to bleed a master but I can't remember
which one and I have many :(

The holes aren't plugged, rather lines are run from them back into the
reservoirs.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fergus OFarrell" <FOFarrell@qtww.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: bellhousing "window"/ bench bleeding (no, not me)


> Um, folks, I was not so appalled by the picture of the bellhousing window,
> because my '82 1800cc Subaru had a nicely molded bellhousing window just
> like that, with the timing marks underneath. (okay, it had smoother edges)
> You also could use a screwdriver to turn the engine using the flywheel
teeth
> thru this window.  It had a nice little contoured rubber plug for it.
Okay,
> so maybe the boxer style (flat 4) motor was never capable of
cafe-spraying,
> flywheel-shattering torque outbursts, but a better water-cooled flat 4
than
> vw's attempt.
> Roadster content: my trans tunnel is now completely covered in alum-faced
> sound deadener, with alum-taped edges; looking "Apollo reflective".
> When you 'bench bleed' a master/cyl, what do you put in the brake line
> holes? Corks? Or nothing? Won't it just drain out the bottom?
> Fergus O, 69 2000 in bits

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