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Re: Brake Bleeding...

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Brake Bleeding...
From: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:22:36 -0600
>     A note on bleeding tools: I probably have one of each--Mytivac,
> compressor powered vacuum device, pressure bleeder, reverse bleeder, 
> one-man
> device...whatever. The Mytivac does seem to help bleeding the slave; 
> however
> nothing beats foot of wife on pedal. But we`ve been married 40 years, all 
> of
> which I`ve had LBCs, and that helps.

That is all well and good, but "foot of wife" will not help surpass the 
airlock at the top of the clutch pipe. The displacement of the MC is less 
than the size of the airlock. Pressure bleeding makes this a trivial 
exercise, foot of wife is almost guaranteed to cause coldness of bed.
David Lieb 




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