<VV> RE: Bench bleeding

[Bill Elliott]

In many cars, the brake master is not horizontal and will never completely bleed if installed dry.  So this is pretty standard procedure.

You're also able to both finely control the rate and stroke of the pump while being able to carefully watch for air.

But the main reason I strongly suggest this for Corvairs is that you often will splatter brake fluid doing this and every brake fluid I would suggest for use in any 
Corvair (other than a trailer queen) will damage your trunk paint.

Bill Elliott

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:57:47 -0500, srmarti wrote:

>Ok.  I understand the part about installing the short discharge lines
>running back into the master cylinder reservoirs.  What's the magic of
>dismounting the cylinder from the car to do this?
>What happens on the bench that doesn't happen in the car?