Umm - no. The rear calipers were removed, the rear flexible lines were removed. The master cylinder was replaced. All new fluid is going in - just need to get it to the rear!
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Is this to suggest theres a way to prevent all the fluid coming out when > the caliper is disconnected? > I suppose you could pinch the soft line, would that do it any serious harm? > When I was working on my 240D I figured letting the brake fluid run out > into a pan was the easiest way of changing it... > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:16:07 -0500 > From: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 ABS brake bleeding > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <cafab7e5-c4de-464b-933a-354ac3b0e...@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Vacuum bleeding with a MitiVac works great. You can tell the > difference between the stream of small bubbles from the bleed screw > and large air bubbles from the empty caliper. > > Flush clean fluid in while you are at it, too, no need to operate a > brand new caliper with ancient brake fluid! > > Easy to tell when the clean fluid has reached the caliper, too. > > Peter > > -- > OK Don > Pair of W124 300D 2.5 Turbos > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090614/4d4a3a97/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
