You got Mechanics and you got Designers. They don’t mix.
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Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:03 AM
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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: So.
Yeah ;
Not enough space to switch the hose else I'da done that 20 years ago .
At the car show I met an old Friend who's English and was working on BMC Products back when Mets were new , he suggested taking the drums off and popping out the upper cylinder;s piston *just* enough to let the air burp out then re assemble , he says that's how he's done it for over 50 years....
Sigh .
Sometimes being a Mechanic means doing things in a reverse order .
When new , the cars were back filled with brake fluid from the bottom mounted bleeder screws ~ seems counter intuitive to me but I don't make cars , I just fix 'em decades later .
-Nate
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Bill wrote :
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> I saw a similar situation .somewhere. The previous owner switched the
> bleeder valve and the inlet hose, and it was working when I saw it.
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> I have bled a 'hose higher', not a Metropolitan, by loosening the inlet hose
> and using it as the "bleeder valve." Bill
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> From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 5:46 AM
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: So.
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> Because BMC wisely (?) decided to place the front brake bleeder screws 5"
> _below_ the hose connection so they're near impossible to bleed out .
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> Still no joy , sigh .
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> Usually there's a few (like three) Mets there , this year not one .
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> The show was TERRIFIC .
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> -Nate
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> Bill wrote :
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> > Why not the Metropolitan? It's British. Bill in
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