[Healeys] brake fluid

[Alan Seigrist]

The vacuum hand pumps don't work well with drum brakes, especially on the
100.  Better to go with ezibleed.


On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:49 AM Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I have used a Gunson Eezibleed Kit for donkeys years. The first kit was
> bought around 1965, later was ones followed as these were constantly
> improved upon. However you can improvise on this with a bicycle inner tyre.
>
> Basically you pressurize the brake fluid reservoir and open the bleed
> nipples one by one until clear and bubble free liquid appears. You need
> to get used to the system to avoid spillages and you have to top up the
> brake fluid reservoir after flushing each line.
>
> Others use a vacuum hand pump to draw the fluid through the bleed nipples.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
>
> Op 17-3-2021 om 19:20 schreef rfbegani at gmail.com:
> > Kees:
> >
> > How do you and what do you use to flush the brake system.
> >
> > Bob Begani
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Kees
> Oudesluijs
> > via Healeys
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 3:46 AM
> > To: healeys at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake fluid
> >
> > I rather replace the brake fluid every two years including flushing the
> full
> > system.
> >
> > Kees Oudesluijs
> >
> >
> >
> > Op 17-3-2021 om 03:52 schreef healeymanjim via Healeys:
> >> a few years back at one of the Rendezvous i remember Dave Nock
> >> checking fluid cannisters and saying if you could not see the bottom of
> > the cannister time to replace the fluid.  been working for me since then.
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