Will pressure bleed the clutch tonight...

[cliffwarren@yahoo.com]

I went to the local junkyard, and for one dollar I found a cap that fits the fluid reservoir perfectly. When I get home I intend to modify it to connect up to my small air compressor.

This leads to my simple question... I see a lot of people modifying a tank sprayer to do this. Why not just use (carefully) an air compressor? My small air compressor can be set to about 10 pounds, then I would just turn it off... hook up directly to my modified cap and start bleeding.

Anything I'm missing here? I'm going to be pressure bleeding for about one dollar! (lol... something is telling me that it can't be so easy... paranoid perhaps?)

[c.d.iesel]

I would'nt use the compressor - even shut off

a proper bleeder keeps feeding fluid into the res., keeping it

full so you can circulate around, flush large enough amounts

of fluid till each point turns clean with no trace of

old fluid or bubbles flowing thru your clear bleeder hose

your next WORRY! is if you have old hoses from

the res to master, old master elbow rubber gromets

- all that will possible pop off or piss when

you apply pressure

[TobyB]

Cliff, it IS that easy, but I'd use a low- pressure regulator to be safe.

CD's right- 100 psi is going to make a mess in a hurry.

I use a low pressure regulator to fill the trans and diffs-

3 psi will move a quart of MTL in a short hurry!

t

[cliffwarren@yahoo.com]

Actually, I did this. It worked fine. As long as you trust the gauge on your compressor. I fill the tank to 10 psi, no more. Turn it off. You could even unplug it from the wall if you want to... Then just snap the pressure hose onto my modified cap. I found that it works fine, it continues to push air through the system for several minutes. I had time to get under the car and open the drain on the slave, which flowed a steady stream of brake fluid.

Unfortunately, it didn't solve my problem. But I think that is another matter.