My brakes on my beetle need bleeding as i have no brakes.
Anyone want to come over and bleed the brakes for me?
Ill pay in beer for the favour 🙂
Car is in Western Sydney
not hard to do one man, though I'll probably get rocks thrown at me for this but I've done it a number of times. Get a length of clear plastic tube to fit reasonably tight over the bleed nipple, fit one end of the tube over the bleeder and place the other end into a large glass jar with brake fluid in it (make sure the end of the tube stays in the fluid), crack the bleeder and pump the brake pedel till no air bubbles are visible in the tube then tighten the bleeder (you'll have to keep checking the tube to ensure there are no bubles) once you have done all bleeders check the pedal, it should be good. Don't forget the master cylinder and start the bleeding from the furthest point from the master cylinder working towards the closest. Takes a bit longer than with a mate but if you have to wait then the jobs done when he gets there and you can start on the beer together. 👍🙂
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Some rubber washer hose will do, dont forget to top up the fluid resevoir. its easier to pump the brake pedal 10 times then check the res' and the jar.
i use a small plastic soft drinks bottle, drill a hole in the lid a push the pipe thru it and if it falls over, no spills!
look at the surface of the fluid, no bubbles? move onto the next wheel. Its quite an easy job!
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Maybe I got it wrong but I did not bother with the tube as I thought the only purpose was to provide a visual aid to see when the bubbles stopped.
By pumping the brake pedal and then getting someone to hold it down (a broom stick in my case) and letting the nipples off till the air stops spluttering out. (repeat as neccessary) I tightened my brakes up at least 300% what they were. (They were pretty bad).
Slow to do by yourself but whole car done in an hour for me. I reckon about 20minutes with help.
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Super Cheap Auto sell a one-man brake beeding kit for about $15. It's just a tube with a oneway valve on the end. Place it on the bleed nipple, loosen the nipple, pump the brake until fluid fills the tube and there's no air bubbles in the tube, tighten the nipple, remove the tube, repeat three times. Takes about 2-3 mins each wheel and you don't need a helper. Easy.
C'mon guys... it's a Volksy in need of help on a Friday arvo... puuuhleeeeease would someone in Western Sydney just go around there, inspect and bleed the brakes properly.... then sit back, talk cars while drinking the man's beer !!!
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Sides wrote:C'mon guys... it's a Volksy in need of help on a Friday arvo... puuuhleeeeease would someone in Western Sydney just go around there, inspect and bleed the brakes properly.... then sit back, talk cars while drinking the man's beer !!!
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I agree with that!
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Just a tip it's a good idea to not bottom the brake pedal to the floor, especially on older cars, put a block of wood or your other foot under the pedal.
The reason often on older cars the end of the master cylinder
is rough as the piston (well the seal) doesn't go there often.
Have stuffed master cylinders by bottoming out the pedal
bleeding brakes on older cars!
Anyone else had this happen?
Sides wrote:C'mon guys... it's a Volksy in need of help on a Friday arvo... puuuhleeeeease would someone in Western Sydney just go around there, inspect and bleed the brakes properly.... then sit back, talk cars while drinking the man's beer !!!
😀
Yep, yer rite, hang in there bloke, I should be able to make it by 1.30 am
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mmmmmmmmmm beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ill do it on sunday if you can get the car to wollongong!!!!! Not allowed out this weekend but i cant help it if you just turn up in the drive😁😁😁
Sides, while some of us would love to help out, the 4 day drive from Perth to Sydney is a bit much for a six pack. the absolute best I can do is offer advice. please don't knock us for that!
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
DubbyFan wrote:Just a tip it's a good idea to not bottom the brake pedal to the floor, especially on older cars, put a block of wood or your other foot under the pedal.
The reason often on older cars the end of the master cylinder
is rough as the piston (well the seal) doesn't go there often.
Have stuffed master cylinders by bottoming out the pedal
bleeding brakes on older cars!
Anyone else had this happen?
If the master cylinder [or wheel cylinder] is that bad, it should be in the bin, not the car.
🙄I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
whathaveidone wrote:mmmmmmmmmm beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ill do it on sunday if you can get the car to wollongong!!!!! Not allowed out this weekend but i cant help it if you just turn up in the drive😁😁😁
That weekend detention still going on ,thought you would just have the ankle tracker by now?
😘If i could drive the car i would but i cant as i have no brakes.
Its all good I understand everyone is busy and thanks for the advice ill just wait till my mechanic comes back from holidays.
Its a shame i have all this beer sitting here doing nothing:
Peroni
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Vergina
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Where do you get the "Vergina" beer from? Sounds a bit special.
You get it from a liquor shop in earlwood:
