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Subject: slave cylinder bleeding
From: linwood rose <linwoodrose@mac.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:58:26 -0500
I found the following in some old emails regarding bleeding the  
clutch slave cylinder.

I need to bleed the slave on my son's Bugeye after some gearbox work.
It has a Datsun 210 5 speed and the bleed valve is hard to get a  
drain hose on. The challenge is not unlike the difficulty of slave  
access in the big healey, except separate masters. Any tips appreciated.

"- Connect a hose from the slave bleeding nipple of a brake caliper  
to the bleeding nipple of the clutch slave cylinder.

- Open both bleeding nipples.

- Press the brake pedal to pump brake fluid into the clutch slave  
cylinder

- Continue to pump brake pedal until all air is pushed into the  
master and escapes.

- Close the bleeding nipples

- Remove the hose

Because the fluid is going up through the clutch-fluid line into the  
reservoir, it will be easier to get the air pockets/bubbles out.  
There is no need to have to continually fill the master cylinder (in  
the dual master as on the bugeye) because you are just recirculating  
the fluid and removing the air as you go."

Any thoughts about this approach?

Lin Rose
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye




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