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Re: Bench Bleeding

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Subject: Re: Bench Bleeding
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:55:06 -0700
You run a pipe from the exit looping up back into the reservoir, so you a
have a closed circuit. You do this until the bubbles dissipate (it helps to
use a clear hose).

on 6/18/06 10:46 AM, Frank Krajewski at frankk@intap.net wrote:

> Happy Fathers Day to all. Fathers Day finds me replacing the clutch mc on my
> 64 B. I have seen a great deal of discussion on here regarding the need to
> "bench bleed" the new mc prior to installation. I am a little curious about
> the procedure since all the orifices are open  when the mc is on the bench and
> any clutch fluid I use will just exit via any and all of these orifices. Am I
> missing something? I have worked on these cars far too long and this one
> escapes me.  Is the "bench bleeding" solely to lube the seals inside the new
> mc?
> Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
> 

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires




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