Since the wife despises the job of helping bleed the brakes and clutch I
use the pressure bleed system with what looks like a bug sprayer and an
attachment that connects to the dual MC and I run the pressure up to 25
lbs. Never blew a seal and always did a great job.
Dave
60-61-61 Bugeyes
At 03:52 PM 1/9/2004, you wrote:
>Having not had much luck with the vacuum type
>bleeders, since the bleeder valves suck a lot of air,
>I fashioned a pressure bleeding system. Small brass
>valve stem in BMC cap. Hose to compressor.
>Approximately 10 pounds of air pressure. Something
>seems amiss. The pressure at the bleeders is way low.
>Read: Front, dribble, dribble, dribble. Rear, barely a
>drop. At the risk of blowing all seals, etc., I am
>tempted to increase pressure. Thought to ask the list
>of BTDT folks to gain insight.
>
>
>Whachathink?
>
>cheers, bill b.
>'69 Sprite
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