Tim:
Be sure and rebuild your master cyl. also. You've got the right idea, push the
pedal, close the bleeder and then release the pedal. Start with the rear right,
rear left, front right then front left. Can't miss.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: buoyant3 <martyandcaryl@charter.net>
To: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 7:49 AM
Subject: [amphicar-lovers] Re: mytwocentsworth


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
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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