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 owain
Seasoned Pro  Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #26
I think I did, but I don't think I ever had the proper box for it, so it's not impossible the correct one got lost along the way. Normally I just wait until the girlfriend is in and make her do it  ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
 Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 03:09
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey  Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #27
flynn_ wrote: What do people think of the gravity method? It's shit. ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 03:36
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #28
daveyboy wrote: flynn_ wrote: What do people think of the gravity method? It's shit. Sound like a method of contraception. Which would also not work. ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 03:39
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jeffers
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 3,702 Status: Offline |
Post #29
Jus t buy an easibleed kit from halfrauds and be done with it, it'd much quicker and easier to bleed the system! Only cost about ~ £17 well worth it IMO!  ________________________________________ Team Running Engine again!Team Negative Camber! My Budget track engine build thread! Now appearing at a Trackday near you!!  |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 03:59
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #30
Do they actually work as well as pumping the pedal? A person's foot can put exert an awful lot of pressure.________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:00
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro  Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #31
Work very well tbh, provided you can get the right seal.________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:04
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #32
phillipm wrote: Work very well tbh, provided you can get the right seal. Will this one do?  ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:06
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berger
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bathurst Registered: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 1,068 Status: Offline |
Post #33
owain wrote: Do they actually work as well as pumping the pedal? A person's foot can put exert an awful lot of pressure. Mine doesn't have a high flow rate when bleeding the rear calipers, I guess due to the lines being a lot longer than the fronts. This is using the recommended 20psi in the tyre. I dare not use more as I don't want to risk spraying brake fluid everywhere. I pumped the pedal at the same time as using the bleeder to help it along. ________________________________________ Bang'in 7 gram rocks!I have one gear, GO! |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:09
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #34
Sounds rubbish to me. Is there much point using it at all if you're pumping the pedal as well? ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:10
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro  Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
Post #35
£5.99 Bang job done |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:14
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #36
gilesy wrote: That's just a pot with a bit of pipe on it. I use a bit of old washer hose and a Robinsons bottle for the same purpose, and they're free ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:16
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
Post #37
I didn't have either of those things, so to buy robinsons would have cost me £2 and had no pipe...so was easier to get that! |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:19
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #38
Rubbish, you can get a litre of orange & mango (no added sugar) for £1 at Tesco, I have four bottles downstairs in the kitchen and another six on my desk at work. Luckily, I have a (soft) drink problem, so bottles are pretty easy to come by. ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:22
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
Post #39
owain wrote: Rubbish, you can get a litre of orange & mango (no added sugar) for £1 at Tesco, I have four bottles downstairs in the kitchen and another six on my desk at work. Luckily, I have a (soft) drink problem, so bottles are pretty easy to come by. I'd lay off the sugar dude   |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:26
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #40
owain wrote: Rubbish, you can get a litre of orange & mango (no added sugar) for £1 at Tesco EVER FEEL LIKE NO-ONE LISTENS TO YOU?! Jeeeez, I think I need a Ribena ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:28
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #41
They bleed pretty damn quick at 40psi...________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:32
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gilesy
Seasoned Pro Location: Greenwich - in that London Registered: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5,133 Status: Offline |
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owain wrote: owain wrote: Rubbish, you can get a litre of orange & mango (no added sugar) for £1 at Tesco EVER FEEL LIKE NO-ONE LISTENS TO YOU?! Jeeeez, I think I need a Ribena Surely it comes with its own sugar??? |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:33
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #43
Naaaa, it's all chemicals and other such e-numbered goodness. Yes I'll probably grow another head but it's got about 80 calories in an entire bottle. Erm, back on topic, erm - I wonder how many calories are in RBF660 as a comparison? ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:39
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #44
Drink it and find out, if you suddenly put on 10 stone and look bloated in the morning we'll know.I have a feeling it might be a good diet actually, and you'll end up pretty damned skinny by this time next year... ________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:41
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #45
PLUS I'll be able to withstand temperatures of up to 350 degrees C, not like you feckers.________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 04:42
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jeffers
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 3,702 Status: Offline |
Post #46
owain wrote: Sounds rubbish to me. Is there much point using it at all if you're pumping the pedal as well? You don't need to pump the pedal with a pressure bleeder that's the whole point!  ________________________________________ Team Running Engine again!Team Negative Camber! My Budget track engine build thread! Now appearing at a Trackday near you!! |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 16:28
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berger
Seasoned Pro Location: Bathurst Registered: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 1,068 Status: Offline |
Post #47
jeffers wrote: owain wrote: Sounds rubbish to me. Is there much point using it at all if you're pumping the pedal as well? You don't need to pump the pedal with a pressure bleeder that's the whole point! I said that the flow rate was very slow, so pushed the pedal to speed things along! I could have used more pressure like Phil but didn't want to blast brake fluid over my engine bay. ________________________________________ Bang'in 7 gram rocks!I have one gear, GO! |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 21:21
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phillipm
Seasoned Pro Location: Rotherham Registered: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 20,607 Status: Offline |
Post #48
^There's so much free space in my engine bay it probably wouldn't hit anything anyway!________________________________________ - Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM meEmail me! Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces. |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 21:23
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davedgti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: whiston, prescot Registered: 28 May 2006 Posts: 1,651 Status: Offline |
Post #49
jeffers wrote: You don't need to pump the pedal with a pressure bleeder that's the whole point! True you don't if you are just changing the fluid, but if you have air in there it helps to displace air bubbles and it tells you in the instructions to pump the pedal if you have difficulty bleeding ________________________________________ Team Supercharged Gti-6™ |
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Posted 28th Jun 2011 at 22:02
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flynn_
Junior User  Location: Faketown Registered: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 59 Status: Offline |
Post #50
Well I used the gravity method in the end and even though I bled it through last time until there was straight fluid seeping out, this time even though there was no air leak in the system, some more bubbles came out as I cracked the bleed valves and then I let a fair bit of fluid to seep through just to be sure there was no more air in them.The result is a very firm pedal, so much so that I cannot push the pedal any measurable distance when the servo is off (but this is with braided hoses as well). So although some people have said the gravity method doesn't work I can happily say that, in my experience at least, it does  Certainly saves a lot of hassle with pumping the pedal and buying a bleed kit! |
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