[DML] Re: Clutch Job

[Michel Poulin <mpoulin@xxxx>]

Lee, A friend and I bled his clutch system a few weekends ago. Useing a
LONG extention on a ratchet worked to reach the bleeder w/o reaching
behind the engine, and we could have used a funnel to catch the spill but
didn't. While an all in one tool would be nice next time around, it wasn't
really all that hard. (Oh, and a good spotlight helps out a lot in finding
the end of the bleeder).
What would have been perfect is a deep socket w/ half of it's wall cut
away above the area that the bleeder would fit into with a vinal hose
stuck in it that can be droped down to the floor and into a bucket/pan.
Then not only would we have been able to catch the fluid, we'd been able
to visually see if there was any air left in the line. 

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Lee wrote:
> 
> Now a question?
> 
> Any one who has ever had to bleed the clutch line knows what a bitch it is
> just to reach
> and what a mess it makes, especially when a master cylinder is replaced and
> you are faced with bleeding most of the line contents to get all the air out.
> 
> I have come up with a single tool that will do the following:
> 
> 1. loosen the bleeder screw with out removing the Engine CVR or even
> reaching behind the engine.
> 
> 2. collects all the Dot-4 as it is bled (spl?) off and puts in a container
> and not the bell housing or floor.
> 


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