<VV> RE: Bench bleeding

[Sethracer@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/24/2004 7:06:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
srmarti@netzero.net writes:

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?


Steve  Marti



There is no reason you couldn't "Bench Bleed" a master cylinder in the car.  
You would have to be careful about the installed lines (not bend them  
incorrectly). But if you install the proper lines back into the reservoir it  will 
work. You would have to get back into the car to pump the pedal. But on the  
bench you can watch the fluid and watch for bubbles in the fluid, etc.  Since 
there is almost no pressure built up you can easily push the plunger in  with an 
engine pushrod. - Seth Emerson