Hi,
This method of brake bleeding involves attaching a rubber hose to the
bleeder and placing the other end in a container(e.g. glass Coke
bottle) partially filled with CLEAN brake fluid. Open the bleeder, push
the pedal, air(if there is any)will escape thru the hose into the
bottle and when the pedal is released only fluid will return to the
bleeder! Or, have a friend come over for a beer, and a brake fluid
covered forearm.
Gary.

> 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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