[Rovernet] Dunlop brake bleeding

[Tom Rymes]

Thanks, Steven. I was thinking of this: https://youtu.be/uj1dMdYgRK4

> On Jul 31, 2020, at 9:29 PM, Steven Dibdin via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
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> I just unbolt the slave cyl and hold it so the nipple is highest on it. I was lucky and found a cyl with the correct circlip. 
> 
> Sent from a small screen, please excuse any typos. 
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>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 21:09, Tom Rymes via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Vern,
>> 
>> That is great news! I will take the fourth Speed Bleeder and put it in the clutch slave. 
>> 
>> I’m thinking that using a zip Tie or some other means to hold the pushrod in as far as possible while bleeding it would be advisable.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 7:47 PM, Vern Inkspot via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
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>>> The same, 3/8 24.
>>> 
>>> Yours
>>> Vern
>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 4:33 PM, Tom Rymes via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
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>>>> Steven,
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the suggestion. I had tried to bleed the system with my trusty Eezi-bleed by Gunson after replacing the crappy imitation Lockheed servo with the real deal from SNG Barratt. Unfortunately, it didn’t take.
>>>> 
>>>> Luckily, I thought of the Speed Bleeders that you mention the other day, and I ordered up four of them because I forgot I only needed 3!
>>>> 
>>>> So, I fitted all three after fishing out the ball bearings from the calipers, and started up the car to let the servo help push out the air. It took maybe 15 minutes to fit all three, 39, tops, then 10 to actually bleed everything.
>>>> 
>>>> The Dunlops take 3/8-24 thread, and they are available at http://speedbleeder.com/
>>>> 
>>>> Now to figure out what size and thread pitch the clutch slave takes!
>>>> 
>>>> Tom
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Steven Dibdin via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would add it’s well worth getting one man bleed nipples. They have a spring loaded check valve so you don’t need to close them on the upstroke. It’ll save you hours!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from a small screen, please excuse any typos. 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 16:55, Vern Inkspot via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Tom
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That is correct, just the three bleed screws. Are you getting little/no fluid from the rear? Both of the rear hoses (body to caliper, caliper to caliper) tend to collapse over time and make it hard or impossible to bleed the system, not to mention not letting the rear brakes work.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yours
>>>>>> Vern
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 1:31 PM, trymes--- via Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It appears that there are only three bleeders on the Dunlop brake system on my ‘66 2000TC. One on each front wheel and a third on the LH rear caliper.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Does that make sense, or is the reason I have had trouble bleeding the system because there’s a fourth I somehow managed to miss?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>> 
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