> Jim wrote:
> > I prefer to use my pressure bleeder for just this reason if
> > possible.
>
> The beautiful part about using the brakes is that you never
> under/over-fill the brake reservoir.
.
> Fast, cheap, and easy.
It is pretty clever.
I have always used a pump to put fluid in at the
Jim Cathey via Mercedes writes:
> Nothing is bubbling up by itself. You are _pumping_ the brakes, which
> is pumping fluid down from the reservoir, through the brake cylinders,
> and back up (to the reservoir) by way of the clutch cylinders. Any
> air bubbles (to the top) of the reservoir, but
It should, however, you are trying to push the air down, and it want's to
go up. If you use the brake bleeder method, the air is moving the way it's
naturally wants to go. You have a better chance of success the first time,
UNLESS you push the brake pedal too far and tear up the cups in the master
It just seems to me like with pressure applied to the brake reservoir I
could crack open the bleed screw on the slave cylinder and it would
bleed the air out just like it would with a brake caliper.
On 5/14/2020 8:28 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
Same. I would never bleed brakes the
> I prefer to use my pressure bleeder for just this reason if possible.
The beautiful part about using the brakes is that you never under/over-fill
the brake reservoir. All the fluid just circulates, and the level only goes
down
by the amount of air that ultimately gets displaced. Which is
Same. I would never bleed brakes the old "pump the pedal" way if I had
the option to use a pressure bleeder. Just makes it so easy and
foolproof. Unfortunately the reservoir caps are not standard and my
pressure bleeder has only been usable on my MB and VW cars. Maybe they
are standard in Germany.
I prefer to use my pressure bleeder for just this reason if possible.
On 5/14/2020 7:01 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Pump carefully and don’t push the pedal all the way to the floor. That way you
don’t risk tearing up the cups in the master cylinder.
-D
On May 14, 2020, at 7:42 PM, OK
Craig via Mercedes writes:
>> Where does the air go? Does it bubble back up to the reservoir?
>
> Yes, it has to.
Still having trouble visualizing how this works. If I have air in my
brake lines, I have to bleed it out through the bleed valves at the
wheels. It does not migrate up and out
On Thu, 14 May 2020 20:13:00 -0400 Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
> Jim Cathey via Mercedes writes:
>
> > one of the bleed screws on the front brakes.
>
> Is there more than one?
There are two: One on the left front brake and one on the right front
brake.
> > Then you just pump the
>> one of the bleed screws on the front brakes.
> Is there more than one?
Two wheels, two bleed screws. Nearly equidistant, but I'd probably pick
the one on the brake booster side. The total length of piping would be less.
> Where does the air go? Does it bubble back up to the reservoir?
Yup.
Jim Cathey via Mercedes writes:
> one of the bleed screws on the front brakes.
Is there more than one?
> Then you just pump the brakes until all the air is out, then close
> both bleed screws.
Where does the air go? Does it bubble back up to the reservoir?
Allan
Pump carefully and don’t push the pedal all the way to the floor. That way you
don’t risk tearing up the cups in the master cylinder.
-D
> On May 14, 2020, at 7:42 PM, OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I think I remember that as well, now that you mention it.
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 6:32
I think I remember that as well, now that you mention it.
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 6:32 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> IIRC, the official shop procedure is to connect a hose between the clutch
> bleeder on
> the slave cylinder and one of the bleed screws on the front
IIRC, the official shop procedure is to connect a hose between the clutch
bleeder on
the slave cylinder and one of the bleed screws on the front brakes. Then you
just pump
the brakes until all the air is out, then close both bleed screws.
-- Jim
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I found it better to connect to the bleeder valve on the slave cyl, and
pump fluid up to the master cyl, but don't remember if I did that on the
W123 clutch or not. I'm pretty sure that we did with the W201 clutch.
Access can be a problem.
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 6:23 PM Kaleb Striplin via
I pulled this 81 240D I acquired into the shop to get it going.
Currently clutch is dead and just goes to the floor. I assume I want to
first try seeing if the slave cylinder is leaking, then maybe try
bleeding it? Followed by replacement. So the question is I have never
worked on a clutch
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