<VV> 69 brake system diagram? (Humor - No Corvair)

Jay Pitchford jay.pitchford at gmail.com
Wed Sep 1 07:04:19 EDT 2010


If he lost brake fluid AND needed new pads, would he describe the
symptoms as "drip-grind"?


>>He had been elk hunting around Ouray, CO and broke a brake line to the right
>>rear.  He ended up crimping the broken line.  He then filled the brake
>>system up by pouring coffee from his thermos.  Got them half ass bled and
>>proceeded to drive from 10 to 12 thousand feet down to Montrose which is
>>around 5000' with three wheel brakes and a fluid that would boil at much
>>less than 212 deg F.
>>
>>I repaired the line and he didn't want me to disassemble everything and get
>>the coffee out.  I put a the pressure bleeder on with no fluid in it and
>>blew all the coffee out I could. I then filled up the bleeder with brake
>>fluid and bleed at least a quart of fluid through the system.  It had a good
>>pedal when he drove away.  I never heard back from him.
>>
>>dp
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