Gunsons Easibleed

[tonym]

Originally Posted by Sidecarbod

That's exactly what I did on the cap for the hydraulic clutch conversion that your suppled to me!

I then drilled a 1mm hole in the grommet as there was a tiny hole in the cap.

Pete

Great minds........and all that Pete

[Sidecarbod]

Originally Posted by tonym

Great minds........and all that Pete

Too true!

Just in case anyone is interested it should be noted that there is usually an inner bit of the cap that needs to be un-clicked from the main cap before any drilling is done.

Pete

[JonnyT]

Drunk now and becoming more vociferous!! Tried a number of these systems and after many hours of frustration (and a lot of brake fluid) the only way I bled the brakes is with the old, tried and trusted method of releasing the nipple and depressing then tightening and releasing etc. Doesn't take that long and will probably only cost a couple of pints!

The only other way that was suggested by a mechanic friend (elderly) was to get a long piece of pipe filled with fluid, connect to the nipple at one end and submerge in the reservoir at the other. Keep pumping until you get no air bubbles i nthe line. Of course, doesn't solve the problem of air getting in around the nipple, although copper grease was suggested by DB as a solution.

Jon

[riggers]

clive,
phoned gunsons again to ask about the individual part numbers you have given. Spoke to a very helpful chap who looked into it and came back without any joy....this firm bought gunsons out about 4 years ago and those part numbers relate to old products not now produced. Their descriptions are archived in their records.
Apparently they are having quite a few calls about the lack of cap sizes...hence their multi adaptor caps, eg mazda MX-5's over the years have had no less than five different brake fluid reservoirs all with different cap sizes..yawn , yawn , well if the cap fits....!!!
back to the 3 people / brake pedal method methinks.

[Clive]

I must admit the list of caps is dated 1993 when I bought my Eezibleed.
However I did buy the 64mm plastic cap, for Girling cylinders, through Halfords in 2006 when I was building my car.

[nearly thers]

I haven't tried this but I think it should work, take off the hose for the clutch cylinder and connect the easibleed to this point rather than the reservoir cap. It will get a bit messy when you take it off at the end but you could always syringe some of the fluid out of the reservoir from the cap to avoid spillage. Just remember not to take all the fluid out so that you induce more air into the system.

Obviously you will have to bleed the clutch once it is all put back together but this is a lot simpler system than the brakes.

Neil

[Sidecarbod]

Originally Posted by nearly thers

I haven't tried this but I think it should work, take off the hose for the clutch cylinder and connect the easibleed to this point rather than the reservoir cap. It will get a bit messy when you take it off at the end but you could always syringe some of the fluid out of the reservoir from the cap to avoid spillage. Just remember not to take all the fluid out so that you induce more air into the system.

Obviously you will have to bleed the clutch once it is all put back together but this is a lot simpler system than the brakes.

Neil

Er, Hello, didn't I post this suggestion? (Post number 8 )

Nobby and I just did his clutch again in about three minutes using this method.

Pete