After reading all these horror stories about clutch and brake bleeding, I
dropped by a local garage, and asked one of the older mechanics what he
thought about bleeding a clutch system. He claims that he seldom pumps
during the bleeding process, and normally uses simple gravity to purge air.
Apparently he fills the master, leaves the cap off, and cracks open the
bleed screw...and allows mother nature to complete the rest...any comments?
Regards,
Jay Heaman
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
To: 'spitfires@autox.team.net' <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: February 9, 1999 10:19 PM
Subject: Bleeding the Clutch
>Guys and Girls !
>I'm going CRAZY !
>I have pumped and bleed that thing so much I feel like a member of
>congress using our tax money!.
>I have investigated, researched, torn it apart, and now I need to call
>in witnesses.
>
>Background:
>New rebuild kit in both master and slave.
>Using synthetic Valvoline DOT 4 and 5 approved.
>I have a suction type bleeder, all it does is suck the piston to the
>back of the master and sit there.
>I went to the tried and true way of pumping and then releasing.
>Did that till my back is killing me. Sitting on the floor with my legs
>under the car, pumping with my left arm and turning the nipple with my
>left. I have always released on the way down, I get a little air
>sometimes and other times nothing. I have bleed many systems over my
>many years of shadetree work but I have never ran into a more stubborn
>system than this.
>
>Ken Starr ain't down here in SC and we don't know how to spell
>Louewinsky and I have had enough of this !
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Craig Smith
>
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