Re: Bleeding dual cct brakes

["Tony Lupton" <T.Lupton@domain.elided>]

Hi all,

Jack Hagerty wrote back in V7#916:

> Take a turkey baster and suck all of the old fluid out of the 
> reservior. Don't worry, you can't suck out enough to get air into the 
> M/C.

My question here is, what about those of us who have an off-take on the
brake M/C reservoir that feeds the clutch M/C? The off-take is about
half way up the reservoir, so emptying the reservoir is guaranteed to
put air into the clutch lines. Much as I'd like to do this to keep the
new fluid as clean as possible, the thought of having to bleed the
clutch from scratch every time doesn't thrill me, particularly given how
quickly the fluid level can drop from "full" to "air in the clutch
master cylinder" when bleeding the clutch.

1979 Alfetta 2000 (with two reservoirs)
1985 Alfa 90 2.5i (with one common reservoir, which seemed like a good 
                   idea until I had to change brake fluid for the first 
                   time.)

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