[T3] bleeding brakes question

[Bryon Garvin]

You beat me to the answer.  I was gonna say I had some good tunes and a few
cold ones.  I hardly noticed the time!!!

- Bryon, '71 Fastback
On Aug 1, 2011 6:12 PM, <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/1/2011 1:19:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
>
>
>> This worked for me last night but it was hard to know when I was
> completely
>> done. I waited and waited on the rears and felt like I had seen no
> bubbles
>> for a while and reached up to close the bleed screw and then a whole
> bunch
>> of air came out again. So I waited for that to finish and then closed
> it.
>>
>> Would you say maybe 3-4 minutes is long enough ? Just wondering if you
> had
>> a tip on how long to wait, Jim :)
>
> For gravity bleeding, I usually open one valve at a time, starting
> with the rears. The LR first, takes the longest because you're
> waiting for fluid to come the farthest. That might take 10 minutes.
>
>
>
> When I gravity bleed the brakes, I make sure I have several cold ones
> around, as it'll take a little while for gravity to do it's job. I spend
part of
> this time cleaning up the mess I made, and downing a couple of the cold
> ones while I wait. This is actually 1 job that I don't get into a hurry
for
> (it's a safety thing). I still usually do a 2 person bleed afterward
though,
> just to made sure everything is kosher. ;^)
>
> Bob 65 Notch S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 71 Notch (Krunchy)
> 64 T-34 Ghia (Wolfie)
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