[TR] speedy bleed

Chris Simo ccsimonsen at gmail.com
Tue Aug 28 21:10:36 MDT 2012


Gives me a chuckle. Don't tell anyone but a few months ago,  in
desperation, i endeded up putting my mouth over the clutch res cap and
blowing until fluif came out. After that, it was all pump 3 times, bleed,
and repeat.  I'm glad Bob did not have a camera while i blew thru the cap!
On Aug 28, 2012 9:43 PM, "Gary Nafziger" <nafzigerg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Installed a new master cylinder (tr-6) along with speedy bleeders on all
> corners.  Attempted to bleed starting from right rear wheel and got
> nowhere.
> I
> ended up taking out the speedy bleeder and tried blowing/sucking by mouth.
>  It
> didn't seem to make any difference as I could suck and blow through the
> bleeder without any change.  I'm thinking the bleeder should block during a
> suck or blow if its working right.  Has anyone else had an issue with
> speedy
> bleeders?  Or is simple mouth pressure not enough to make it work?
>
> thanks
> gary n.
>
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