Tim
How's it going? I need to do a brake job and want to learn anything
special B4 I start. I don't understand the part in your bleeding
where you let the peddle up then close the bleeder. I have always
closed the bleeder B4 letting the peddle up. What gives?
Marty
BUOYANT in WI
Looking for a little more snow tonight.

--- In amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, wick68355@a... wrote:
> On door seals. I would think you would be better off with both
seals
> installed as was original. Just the idea of the rubber against the
steel does
> not seem as secure as rubber to rubber.
> On bleeding brakes. I like to bleed the brakes on our Amphi every
season.
> This just gives me a piece of mind knowing that I have done what I
can to
> keep the fluid free of dirt and water. I have tried a pressure
bleeder and
> have not had much luck. I have also tried a Mighty Vac bleeder.
This just
> does not seem to work either. I believe it does not work because of
the
> valveing in the master. My best luck has been simply be following
the large
> shop manual which came with the Amphicar. All that I do is open
one bleeder
> at a time and then push the peddle down, here is where it gets
weird. Let the
> peddle up then close the bleeder. Do not pump the peddle. Start at
the
> farthest wheel and work towards the closest to the master.
> Also for you first time or new Amphi owners, replace the small hose
that is
> attached to the bottom of the plastic reservoir. It has a tendency
to
> collapse and not let fluid out.
> On positive ground generators. I have kept our Amphi positive
ground only
> because of my desire to keep as many things original as possible.
My one
> modification to the charging system is the addition of an extra
positive
> ground cable running from the stud on the body to the engine block.
This just
> helps the engine block get a direct ground.
>
> My long two cents worth
> Tim Wick
> hibernating in Wisconsin
>
>
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