From: johnbond on 24 Dec 2006 08:34 "Vim Fuego" <vimfuego(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:MBjjh.20764$493.984(a)newsfe4-gui.ntli.net... > I'm trying to bleed the brakes on a MkI Punto. > > My pressure bleeding kit is very, very slightly too big for the fluid > reservoir top - you think it's screwed on OK, then you apply (reduced) > tyre pressure to it and it pops off and fluid spurts everywhere :-( > > I've tried tightening a hoseclip around the cap to stop it popping off - > doesn't help. > > I've got one of those one of those one-man kits with a one way valve but > it doesn't engage on the bleed screws awfully well, I don't trust it and > results so far are not satisfactory. > > Any tips for getting the pressure kit working? Or am I going to have to > pay my 12 year old daughter a couple of quid to pump the brake pedal so I > can do the two man method? forgot about paying her make her do it or tell her santa won't come otherwise ? thats if 12 year olds these days believe in santa hehe > >
From: Steve Robinson on 24 Dec 2006 08:43 johnbond wrote: > > "Vim Fuego" <vimfuego(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message > news:MBjjh.20764$493.984(a)newsfe4-gui.ntli.net... > > I'm trying to bleed the brakes on a MkI Punto. > > > > My pressure bleeding kit is very, very slightly too big for the > > fluid reservoir top - you think it's screwed on OK, then you apply > > (reduced) tyre pressure to it and it pops off and fluid spurts > > everywhere :-( > > > > I've tried tightening a hoseclip around the cap to stop it popping > > off - doesn't help. > > > > I've got one of those one of those one-man kits with a one way > > valve but it doesn't engage on the bleed screws awfully well, I > > don't trust it and results so far are not satisfactory. > > > > Any tips for getting the pressure kit working? Or am I going to > > have to pay my 12 year old daughter a couple of quid to pump the > > brake pedal so I can do the two man method? > > forgot about paying her make her do it or tell her santa won't come > otherwise ? thats if 12 year olds these days believe in santa hehe > > > > > And she will tell mommy that dads asked her to pump his thingy --
From: Billy H on 24 Dec 2006 08:57 "Vim Fuego" <vimfuego(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:MBjjh.20764$493.984(a)newsfe4-gui.ntli.net... > I'm trying to bleed the brakes on a MkI Punto. > > My pressure bleeding kit is very, very slightly too big for the fluid > reservoir top - you think it's screwed on OK, then you apply (reduced) > tyre pressure to it and it pops off and fluid spurts everywhere :-( > > I've tried tightening a hoseclip around the cap to stop it popping off - > doesn't help. > > I've got one of those one of those one-man kits with a one way valve but > it doesn't engage on the bleed screws awfully well, I don't trust it and > results so far are not satisfactory. > > Any tips for getting the pressure kit working? Or am I going to have to > pay my 12 year old daughter a couple of quid to pump the brake pedal so I > can do the two man method? > I've found in the past that some cloth used between the matying threads acn improve the grip on *worn* tapped and died screws. Would this work for you? An old balloon is also another way, a skinny bit of rubber; increase contact area/reduce/increase screww mating areas (if you catch my drift) AND increase friction/grip. Happy wotsitsname, and good new thingy. Ah but no, employ the lass and remember, it's Xmas so she deserves a bonus... -- Billy H
From: Billy H on 24 Dec 2006 08:59 "Lin Chung" <lin.chung(a)the Water Margin.com> wrote in message news:Aftjh.19238$Xo6.12458(a)newsfe6-win.ntli.net... > Vim Fuego wrote: >> My pressure bleeding kit is very, very slightly too big for the fluid >> reservoir top - you think it's screwed on OK, then you apply (reduced) >> tyre pressure to it and it pops off and fluid spurts everywhere :-( I've >> tried tightening a hoseclip around the cap to stop it popping off - >> doesn't help. > > > > I would use amalgatape to increase the outside diameter of the filler > neck, > AND a luggage tie/strap going round the reservoir and the cap. > Amalgatape; inside and out, straddling the lip of the opening: > http://masl.to/?E22652C6E > Luggage tie/strap; any type, something like this: > http://www.silverstyle.co.uk/catalogue/sstd05.jpg > > Seasonal greetings. > > Or a balloon, it is party time now in't it? Must be loadsa balloons around Vim, else nip down the Nag's Head and buy some Jonnys. -- Billy H
From: Billy H on 24 Dec 2006 09:00
"Steve Robinson" <steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote in message news:xn0evcl7r2t4gvb00c(a)news-text.blueyonder.co.uk... > johnbond wrote: > >> >> "Vim Fuego" <vimfuego(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message >> news:MBjjh.20764$493.984(a)newsfe4-gui.ntli.net... >> > I'm trying to bleed the brakes on a MkI Punto. >> > >> > My pressure bleeding kit is very, very slightly too big for the >> > fluid reservoir top - you think it's screwed on OK, then you apply >> > (reduced) tyre pressure to it and it pops off and fluid spurts >> > everywhere :-( >> > >> > I've tried tightening a hoseclip around the cap to stop it popping >> > off - doesn't help. >> > >> > I've got one of those one of those one-man kits with a one way >> > valve but it doesn't engage on the bleed screws awfully well, I >> > don't trust it and results so far are not satisfactory. >> > >> > Any tips for getting the pressure kit working? Or am I going to >> > have to pay my 12 year old daughter a couple of quid to pump the >> > brake pedal so I can do the two man method? >> >> forgot about paying her make her do it or tell her santa won't come >> otherwise ? thats if 12 year olds these days believe in santa hehe >> >> > >> > > > And she will tell mommy that dads asked her to pump his thingy > > Before or after he'd been the Nag's Head for Jonnys??? :oS We gonna get Vim in trouble BIG!! -- Billy H |