(Banghead) RE: Master Cylinder - WTF?

[vwtype53 at yahoo.com (Ben)]

Probably a silly thought, but are you sure the brake bleed valves are free of dirt/blockage?

I'm a really big fan of the pressure bleeder... bought one last year and love it.  I can bring it
down sometime for you to try.  I found that forcing the fluid from the reservoir to each wheel
seems better than using vacuum.  The vacuum, however, should still work... so it sounds like
something else is wrong.

Ben



--- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Allyn <amalventano1@tds.net> wrote:
> 
> > So, do yourself a favor and pick one of these up at your
> > local flaps:
> > http://www.jeephorizons.com/tech/brake_bleed.html
> > This turns brake bleeding into a one person job.  You
> > connect it to the bleeder, draw fluid through until air
> > free, close the
> > bleeder, and move onto the next wheel.  The only concern
> > is drawing the reservoir dry, and to compensate for that,
> > put a tranny
> > fluid nozzle on the brake fluid bottle and invert it into
> > the reservoir - it will auto-maintain reservoir level at
> > the bottom of the
> > nozzle opening.
> 
> So I bought one the night before you sent this.  I've
> hooked it up per instructions and....
> 
> ...I can't seem to get any fluid through it.  Sure, I can
> get fluid and bubbles if I'm not getting a tight seal, but
> seal off the air leaks around the bleeder screw?  Nope. 
> Nothing.
> 
> This is SOOO aggravating.  I really NEED to have the car on
> the road in the next couple days, but I'm going bald from
> attempting to do it.
> 
> Now what do I do?
> 
> 
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
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> 
> 
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