[DML] Re: Home Made Self Bleeder

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I used 1/4" fuel line hose (my general all purpose under hood hose).
Slides on a 5/16 brass Tee in the factory bleed line easily if you
lubricate.

Made the hose barb by simply cutting the tapered end off the bleed
screw. Nipple is indeed too short for a hose clamp, but holds
excellently with a hose ring (squeeze clamp).

Have logged 8K on it no sweat.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> Don't use vacuum hose for a permanent bleeder installation - it's 
> carrying HOT coolant. Must be heater-type hose. Vendor kits will save 
> you a lot of running around. Both the fitting ant 5/16 heater hose 
> seem to be hard to find sometimes.
> 
> If you are just bleeding it, 1/4" is about right but the end on the 
> OEM bleeder is so short it easily falls off.
> 
> Actually the thread on the thermostat housing is M1.0 pipe thread, 
> same as many metric brake bleeder fittings. 
> 
> Dave S
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > 1/4" inside diameter.
> > 
> > I recommend a self bleeder (attached permanently to the coolant
> > expansion tank). Is fast, easy, and 100% fool proof. You can make 
> your
> > own, but note thread pattern in thermostat housing is BSPT, not NPT
> > (28 TPI, not 27). Or simply buy a kit from one of the vendors. 
> > 
> > I think vendors may use 5/16" hose to match the existing bleed 
> line. 
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, benjamin strand
> > <benjamin_strand@xxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm planning on flushing the coolant system this Saturday.  I 
> know I
> > need to hook a small hose from the air bleed screw into a bucket of
> > coolant.  I was wondering if someone knew the diameter of the vacuum
> > hose that attachs thereto? 
> > >  
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ben
> > > 04613




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