No good repair attempt goes unpunished. I had yet to deal with the brake fluid on Allen. It has been a year since I got her, and the fluid, though fresh when installed a few years ago, was not being as good as I thought it should be. Stuff in the tank was a bit dark, but i had done some fluid swaps with a baster twice.
I have a Mighty Vac, that the fluid cup had gone missing. I had rigged up a container last year. When I tried to use it this morning, the thing just shattered. Nalgene bottle with gooped in hoses. Just fell apart. I tried to fab something else to work. It did not. Instead of screwing about trying to get suck to work, I hit FLAPS and brought home a FRESH Mighty Vac. That makes three pumps, lots of attachments, and one functional cup. The car was jacked up and I was able to get the far rear wheel draining, but I was sucking bubbles. Driver side rear did not have bubbles and both sides were pulling fresh fluid from the reservoir. Rear rotors and pads looked good with no obvious wear. Front rotors were showing almost 2mm. Front right bleeder would not open, as somebody had rounded the 8mm nut. Driver side bled fine with no bubbles. I think 10oz of DOT4 went through the lines. Now I get to RTFM for the Vac pump and try to come to terms with what is going on with my brake system. Right front wear sensor wires are rotted away. Looks like I need to wait until another bunch of W126 hit the PnP yards so I can scrounge a few brake parts. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
