Andrew Hamilton wrote:
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> Go on a car maintenance evening course before you damage your
> car. There is no substitute for learning how things work
> before you try pulling them apart. Haynes manuals are great
> but they are an aid NOT a teaching course!
And get yourself a copy of "Fundementals of Motor Vehicle Technology"
by V.A.W. Hillier (4th Ed published by Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-0531-7).
A copy of this with a Haynes manual might not persuade you to take on
every smallest job, but it will sure help to stop you from getting ripped off.
/John
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C'mon!
How far wrong can he go???
This is not a difficult task and Haynes manuals are very clear on how do do this kind of thing.
From my (large) experiance of main dealers I'd rather a contientious amateur with a Haynes manual worked on his own car than entrusted it to the local Bristol Street YTS lad at 4:35 wants to clock off five mins early 'cos he's meeting his bird.
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
>
> Go on a car maintenance evening course before you damage your
> car. There is no substitute for learning how things work
> before you try pulling them apart. Haynes manuals are great
> but they are an aid NOT a teaching course!
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Ben
Seeing as the advice you have had seems to be related to "you shouldn't have done it in the first place", go to college, or read Mr. Hillier's excellent book (which incidently has only about six short lines on bleeding brakes) I thought you might appreciate some practical advice. I'm not familiar with your actual car, but I have split and reassembled calipers (1964 MGB) and bled mini brakes (1967 998 Cooper), (Clubman, can't remember how old) with success. I ain't that hard. Follow the manual, but first get sufficient fluid to replace all that is in the system, I'd use DOT 4, get a bleed tube with a one way valve on the end and ring and open ended spanners to undo the nipples. use the ring spanners, or a socket, to undo the nipples for the first time and the open ended to actually bleed them. You can do it on your own, but it's better with assistance. I would bleed the caliper you have disurbed first, then follow the procedure in the book. I use a meat baster (rubber bulb on a tube) to remove all of the old fluid from the resevoir before refilling with fresh and starting bleeding. If you do it right you shouldn't be able to "pump up" the pedal, keep an eye on the fluid level over the next couple of weeks, any loss you've got a problem.
Best of luck
Don Cox
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