What do you do when your hands are too big?
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Call the little Mrs, of course.
Had to snap a pic of her in action. For the life of me, I couldn't get the nuts back on the studs while replacing the clutch master cylinder. 2 minutes later, she had them on.
Now if I can just figure out how to get the system bled!
Tried the one-man bleeder pump for entirely too long with no results. Time to spend some time with the ol' search feature....
Had to snap a pic of her in action. For the life of me, I couldn't get the nuts back on the studs while replacing the clutch master cylinder. 2 minutes later, she had them on.
Now if I can just figure out how to get the system bled!
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I've never personally had to do it, thankfully, but every master cylinder (brakes or clutch) install I've read about says bench bleeding the master will make bleeding the rest of the system a thousand times easier.
Normal bench bleeding is done with the master in a vice, fill the reservoir with fluid, run a line back into itself, and pump it by hand. Since our cars don't have a stand alone reservoir, it has to be done in the car (not a problem). Just disconnect the slave line, hook up a hose to the output back into the brake reservoir, and bleed it until theres no more air. Then you can hook up the slave and continue bleeding.
Normal bench bleeding is done with the master in a vice, fill the reservoir with fluid, run a line back into itself, and pump it by hand. Since our cars don't have a stand alone reservoir, it has to be done in the car (not a problem). Just disconnect the slave line, hook up a hose to the output back into the brake reservoir, and bleed it until theres no more air. Then you can hook up the slave and continue bleeding.
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What bleeder pump are you using? A Motive power bleeder? Is the front of the car on the ground, with the *** in the air? I have a Motive bleeder you can borrow if you're still in the Springs.
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That'd be great! I'll take you up on that. Won't have the time to get back to it until Sunday, though. If you PM me your contact info I'll get with you to coordinate a time to swing by and pick it up.
Thanks!
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I've never personally had to do it, thankfully, but every master cylinder (brakes or clutch) install I've read about says bench bleeding the master will make bleeding the rest of the system a thousand times easier.
Normal bench bleeding is done with the master in a vice, fill the reservoir with fluid, run a line back into itself, and pump it by hand. Since our cars don't have a stand alone reservoir, it has to be done in the car (not a problem). Just disconnect the slave line, hook up a hose to the output back into the brake reservoir, and bleed it until theres no more air. Then you can hook up the slave and continue bleeding.
Normal bench bleeding is done with the master in a vice, fill the reservoir with fluid, run a line back into itself, and pump it by hand. Since our cars don't have a stand alone reservoir, it has to be done in the car (not a problem). Just disconnect the slave line, hook up a hose to the output back into the brake reservoir, and bleed it until theres no more air. Then you can hook up the slave and continue bleeding.
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