Bravo! Max Dillon Charleston SC
Jul 5, 2020 6:15:23 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > I got home with the 8ft section of hose and I just decided to leave it as is > rather than cutting it shorter. I filled the tube with fluid from the HF oil > can squirter then attached it to the bleeder and began pumping. I ended up > developing some air pockets in the house so I removed it from the bleeder > again and got them out. I determined the issue the whole time might have > been I did not have the bleeder loose enough. I loosened it some more and > continued pumping. After a while I noticed a small amount of movement in the > brake reservoir. Then the level started to slowly rise. I closed the > bleeder screw then went under the dash to pull the linkage rod out to install > the one originally on the car. The one that came with the MC was much > shorter than the MB one that came off the car so I stuck the one that came > with the MC back in. I had a hell of a time compressing it to get it back to > the bolt hole. Finally got it, screwed it back down and now the clutch > works! I am not sure if it was a matter of leaving the rod disconnected from > the clutch pedal, opening the bleed screw more, or using the oil can instead > of the hose connected to brake caliper. At the end of the day I think I > prefer the oil can method because using the caliper has the potential to pump > dirty brake fluid up into the brand new clutch hydraulics (although in this > case the fluid looks clean like it was recently flushed. > > On 7/5/2020 3:07 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> I just bought 8 ft of clear tubing. Will run it out from under the car to >> where I can watch the reservoir then cut the length I need. I will then pump >> the line full of fluid before hooking it up to the bleeder on slave >> cylinder. Then start pumping. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 5, 2020, at 2:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I didn't say it would always work. ;) >>> -Curt >>> >>>> On Sunday, July 5, 2020, 2:37:17 AM EDT, fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Curt wrote: >>>> Have you checked to see if the line from the master to the slave >>>> is clear? Maybe that was the problem all along. My suggestion is >>>> to use the rod from the car, not the replacement master. >>> Can't always do that. I've seen at least three different >>> rod-to-cylinder interfaces. Not all were interchangeable. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
