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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Yes, air can be drawn in from the bleeder screw.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>‘62 BT7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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 <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>simon.lachlan--- via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 22, 2025 1:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Bleeding brakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I am in the process of putting a rebuilt and hopefully cured wheel cylinder back onto my BT7. God, that's an awful job. Anyhow, I shall have to bleed the system when I've finally got those dear little clips to line up. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Recalling past battles in that area, I dug up a note which I'd made for myself some time back. I seem to recall that this paragraph is not in all of my BMC manuals so the advice within may not be available to all concerned. My car is a '62 so it's fair to assume that the relevant threads are a bit worn...........I use this method along with a Gunson's Eezibleed and it seems to work. <b><i>I recall that the Eezibleed is much more effective and the process much more manageable if one has the donor tyre inflated to considerably less psi than advised in the destructions.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Apologies to all who recall my posting this previously!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:5.95pt;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:13.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>“If the bleeding of any cylinder continues without success for a considerable time, it is possible that air is being drawn in past the bleeder screw threads. In such cases tighten the bleeder screw at the end of each downward stoke* of the pedal and allow the pedal to return fully before re-opening it. Close the bleeder screw finally during the last pedal application.” (+/- 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:5.95pt;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:13.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>*ie to prevent air being drawn in during the upward passage of the pedal. (SDL 14/08/2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:5.95pt;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:13.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:5.95pt;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:13.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Have fun. It's a beastly job but not as bad a s frigging around with the clips!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:5.95pt;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:13.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>