I am skinny and was still cursing the designer of the slave. I used a 100ml
syringe and some tubing connected to the nipple and pulled on it till i got no
bubbles out. Took me about an hour. I used a baking tray in the footwell to
dispense the air /brakefluid combo and then got rid of the whole mess at one
time
ryan
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From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
> Well, I've made at least some progress. I am now running a ventilated
> system with the crankcase vented into a 16oz Coors Light can. It runs pretty
> well once I re-set the timing. I have an HIF44 carb made to be used on an MG
> Metro turbo. It has no port for pollution control!
> Another PO thing I guess...
>
> When I had the engine down over the winter, I installed a Pertronics Ignitor
> and one of Jeff Schlemmer's timing mark relocation kits on it. When I
> started it, it was hunting so I disconnected the vacuum line to the dizzy
> and put the timing light on it.
>
> Interesting! It showed about 10 deg BTDC and needed to be *advanced* to
> smooth out the idle! Jeff's kit now shows it idling at around 30 deg BTDC
> and idling like a kitten purring. I will have to crawl under the damned
> thing and see what the old timing marks show. Either I didn't get Jeff's kit
> installed correctly, or the Pertronics Ignitor changed things! Anyone else
> seen anything like this?
>
> Next step is to bleed the damned clutch again. I can't find another cap for
> the plastic repop clutch master. I want to use a pressure bleed on it but
> will need another cap to make a pressure cap. Anyone know where I can get
> one? Also, I cannot for the life of me recall what size wrench to use on
> the bleeder valve. No way my 280 lb body gets into the footwell far enough
> to see the damned thing and I've tried putting box end wrenches on it by
> feel to no avail. I've tried a 3/8 box and a 7/16 box but can't get either
> of them to go on enough to turn the bleeder. What size is that damned thing,
> anyway?
>
> Does anyone know where I can hire a skinny midget to get in there and open
> that valve? ;-)
>
> Only a few other things left to do with it and its ready for Lake of the
> Ozarks....
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> --
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> Jim - 68 "Spridget" in Dodge City
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