Michael and list -
what are speed bleeders and where do I get them from?
Thanks for the info.
- Romano
'77 Spit
Oxford, UK
>good day all ...
>
>i installed a set of speed bleeders on my '78 spit this weekend and was
>very pleasantly suprised at how well they worked. i've had trouble getting
>the brakes bled very well since i purchased the car a year and a half ago:
>the old bleeder valves always leaked air around the threads. i tried teflon
>tape, and i tried the mityvac, both with rather poor results. i put the speed
>bleeders in and in 15 minutes i had a really solid pedal. good and bad. now
>i've got good enough brake that i can feel quite a bit of pulsing in the brake
>pedal when i step on it hard. my lbc mechanic claimed that my rear drums were
>out of round (this car had had a rather traumatic incident, unreported by the
>dpo), but i would have thought that the cast drums would break before they
>deformed. oh well, at least i have bad good brakes now ...
>
>i bought five speed bleeders figuring to keep one as a spare, but then i got
>to thinking i'd use it to replace the bleeder on the clutch slave. does anyone
>know if the clutch bleeder is the same size as the brake bleeders on the spit?
>
>tia
>
>--
>-- michael galloway
> '78 spitfire
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