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bleed or vacuum nipples?


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Hoping for some help please for my RHD 1975 2002tii. Can anyone tell me what these two nipples are for?

 

First one. Looking from under engine bay. Front of car is to the left. Looks like the clutch system. Spare nipple. Should that be connected to a vacuum line? Or is it some sort of bleed? 

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Looking from below now. Left is to rear of car.

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Looking down. Left of photo is rear of car.

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Second nipple. Looking down into engine bay. Top of photo is front of car...

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The one on the clutch slave cylinder is the bleeder.  The other one is RHD only, but it looks like a bleeder too.

 

 

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I now disagree with some of the timing advice I have given in the past.  I misinterpreted the distributor curves in the Blue Book. 

I've switched from using ported-vacuum to manifold, with better results. 

I apologize for spreading misinformation.  

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Like Minty said the one on the slave cyl. is defiantly a bleed I also have no direct experience with right hand brakes but that being hooked to vacuum make no sense to my mind.  

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You're welcome. 

 

Be sure to bleed the brakes every two years (at most) and do the clutch at the same time.

 

The fluid deteriorates and takes on water.

 

Tom

     DISCLAIMER 

I now disagree with some of the timing advice I have given in the past.  I misinterpreted the distributor curves in the Blue Book. 

I've switched from using ported-vacuum to manifold, with better results. 

I apologize for spreading misinformation.  

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12 hours ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

You're welcome. 

 

Be sure to bleed the brakes every two years (at most) and do the clutch at the same time.

 

The fluid deteriorates and takes on water.

 

Tom

I think flush would be teh better word. You should be ending up with new fluid in the system.

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Looks like a  bleeder on the brake master.

 

The RHD system has 2 separate hydraulic circuits for each wheel circuit-

one from the master to the 'hydro-vac' booster, and then the standard

wheel circuit from the booster to the wheel.

 

It's not a ton of fun to work on when it's NOT broken.

 

t

 

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3 hours ago, Hans said:

I think flush would be teh better word.

 

Yeh.  Teh fluid gets stale, so you want to remove it and install fresh juice.

 

I highly recommend the Motive Power Flusher.  It makes the job so much easier.

 

Motive Products European Power Brake Bleeder 100

 

Tom

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     DISCLAIMER 

I now disagree with some of the timing advice I have given in the past.  I misinterpreted the distributor curves in the Blue Book. 

I've switched from using ported-vacuum to manifold, with better results. 

I apologize for spreading misinformation.  

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3 hours ago, TobyB said:

Looks like a  bleeder on the brake master.

 

The RHD system has 2 separate hydraulic circuits for each wheel circuit-

one from the master to the 'hydro-vac' booster, and then the standard

wheel circuit from the booster to the wheel.

 

It's not a ton of fun to work on when it's NOT broken.

 

t

 

Yes, I vaguely recall some wierd bleeding protocols with RHD brakes.

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Yeah the rhd cars have a weird system, it's almost like they went through the engineering department waste paper cans and put what they found into production, no offence to the right hand drive guys.

If everybody in the room is thinking the same thing, then someone is not thinking.

 

George S Patton 

Planning the Normandy Break out 1944

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