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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I used a pressure bleeder attached to a cap I made. My experience with the vacuum systems attached to the slave cylinder nipple is that they will pull air through the threads of the nipple when loose so they don’t work well in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Concerning pressure bleeders: Be forewarned that Motive Products make a pour </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>bleeding system!</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The pressure bottle is good but the </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>caps do not fit.</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I tried to work with them about this issue and spoke with a senior manager and the former owner to try to resolve the issue with the cap that would not fit and seal the system to it could be pressurized. I went as far as sending them a cap from a bottle of PVC solvent that is the same thread a Healey brake fluid reservoir to they could find a cap to fit. They just blew is off and did not help!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>John Spaur </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Elton S via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 25, 2024 6:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ahealey help <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Brake fluid renewal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Listers,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I need to replace my old discolored brake fluid with new. What technique have you used? Did you just drain all the lines and reservoir and then refill with new fluid? Then bleeding to get all the air out? Or draining the lines to where the reservoir is almost empty and then adding new fluid so as to prevent air from getting in the lines? Bleeding the clutch slave cylinder is not one of my favorite pastimes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance for your advice.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Elton<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>BJ7<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>