Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Wow! Japanese stuff is normally engineered pretty well. Maybe they put a new hire on that design? :-) Probably someone who normally works on EV's... Sounds terrible getting it bled. LarryT On 09/05/2018 7:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her ride with nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing of the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master cylinder should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the slave cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. Worse, the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a pressure bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the clutch pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder cap. I finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the place. Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder valve. Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder and one at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle bleeder valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble lives; that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The hose from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, and after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid was finally free of bubbles. Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test the pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat procedure at middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and finally the pedal is perfect. Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the lower bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the job) and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. I've got an old empty R-22 bottle and a new vacuum pump, need to rig up some lines so I can start using that for oil changes and jobs like this. I wonder how the dealer boys do this, my copy of the FSM for this car is largely silent on how to bleed the clutch other than pointing out there are two bleeder valves. - Max Charleston SC ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
yes, I do that all the time with fuel and A/T fittings. Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: This is one end of a leaking hydraulic hose for the clutch on our Infiniti I30. I'm thinking I can cut off the ferrule, install new hose cut out of a new brake line, and then crimp on with an Oetiker clamp. ___ ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Only one of the reasons I much prefer the low pressure fuel pump method over "pressure bleeders" On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:38 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Sounds like a good solution to a simple problem. > > Please remember to wear some good form or eye protection. Brake fluid is > sort of nasty stuff and if it starts spraying out somewhere, you will not > want it in your eyes. > > RB > > > On 05/09/2018 12:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and >> clutch >> bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump attached >> to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it away, >> it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. >> >> I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed >> screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable >> container via the exit side hose. >> Then: >> Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of >> fresh >> brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open >> bleed >> screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you >> don't >> you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay >> >> Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master cylinder... >> air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are pumping >> fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air >> trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. >> >> Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there is >> at >> least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the >> master >> cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the master >> to >> the fill mark and you are done. >> >> One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the >> trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women should >> sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough low >> voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, and >> put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few >> feet >> or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump >> ports... >> >> > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Larry, Thanks, great questions, which told me I left out a step. While the caliper bleed screw is open and you are pumping the system empty, through the bleed screw, When the pump stops pumping fluid [you will see air in the clear poly line.. I like to dump in a bit of clean fluid at the master cylinder to "flush out the lines and caliper...Then the internal parts get a flush... re pushing the fluid back to the cylinders... With this system, you are re-loading fluid FROM the wheel cylinders or calipers back UP to the master cylinder tank. "Low pressure fuel pump" would be anything in the 7 PSI to 12 PSI range old school carburetor fuel system type...NOT fuel injection with 125 PSI... which are much more expensive anyway... Hope this helps try it once, you will be completely spoiled, I was. It makes bleeding brakes or hydraulics a "One man job".. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:28 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow! Great solution. I have a question though - without opening the > caliper bleed screws does is all the fluid get pumped from the calipers > > > On 09/05/2018 1:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and >> clutch >> bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump attached >> to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it away, >> it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. >> >> I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed >> screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable >> container via the exit side hose. >> Then: >> Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of >> fresh >> brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open >> bleed >> screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you >> don't >> you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay >> >> Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master cylinder... >> air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are pumping >> fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air >> trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. >> >> Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there is >> at >> least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the >> master >> cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the master >> to >> the fill mark and you are done. >> >> One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the >> trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women should >> sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough low >> voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, and >> put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few >> feet >> or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump >> ports... >> >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her ride >>> with >>> nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing of >>> the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master >>> cylinder >>> should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the >>> slave >>> cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. >>> Worse, >>> the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a pressure >>> bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. >>> >>> I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the clutch >>> pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder >>> cap. I >>> finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the place. >>> >>> Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder valve. >>> Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder and >>> one >>> at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle bleeder >>> valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble lives; >>> that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The hose >>> from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, and >>> after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid was >>> finally free of bubbles. >>> >>> Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test the >>> pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat procedure >>> at >>> middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and >>> finally the pedal is perfect. >>> >>> Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the lower >>> bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the job) >>> and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. I've >>> got an old
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Sounds like a good solution to a simple problem. Please remember to wear some good form or eye protection. Brake fluid is sort of nasty stuff and if it starts spraying out somewhere, you will not want it in your eyes. RB On 05/09/2018 12:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and clutch bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump attached to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it away, it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable container via the exit side hose. Then: Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of fresh brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open bleed screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you don't you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master cylinder... air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are pumping fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there is at least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the master cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the master to the fill mark and you are done. One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women should sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough low voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, and put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few feet or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump ports... ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
> On September 5, 2018 at 4:25 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > That would have worked for me I'll bet, but I'll have more fun rigging up my > vacuum tank. Or buy a cheap pressure tank. https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/lawn-plant-care/garden-sprayers/chapin-reg-2-liter-hand-pump-sprayer/10030/p-1512026927137-c-1463608034800.htm ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
That would have worked for me I'll bet, but I'll have more fun rigging up my vacuum tank. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On September 5, 2018 1:23:24 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and >clutch >bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump >attached >to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it >away, >it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. > >I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed >screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable >container via the exit side hose. >Then: >Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of >fresh >brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open >bleed >screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you >don't >you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay > >Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master >cylinder... >air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are >pumping >fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air >trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. > >Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there >is at >least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the >master >cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the >master to >the fill mark and you are done. > >One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the >trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women >should >sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough >low >voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, >and >put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few >feet >or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump >ports... > >On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her >ride with >> nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing >of >> the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master >cylinder >> should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the >slave >> cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. >Worse, >> the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a >pressure >> bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. >> >> I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the >clutch >> pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder >cap. I >> finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the >place. >> >> Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder >valve. >> Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder >and one >> at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle >bleeder >> valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble >lives; >> that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The >hose >> from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, >and >> after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid >was >> finally free of bubbles. >> >> Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test >the >> pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat >procedure at >> middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and >> finally the pedal is perfect. >> >> Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the >lower >> bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the >job) >> and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. >I've >> got an old empty R-22 bottle and a new vacuum pump, need to rig up >some >> lines so I can start using that for oil changes and jobs like this. >I >> wonder how the dealer boys do this, my copy of the FSM for this car >is >> largely silent on how to bleed the clutch other than pointing out >there are >> two bleeder valves. >> - >> Max >> Charleston SC >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >___ >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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
> Larry wrote: > I had the same question about pushing the fluid back to the > cylinders? When you say Low Pressure Pump, how 'low' are you > talking? Many cars need 10-15 PSI supply, so typically I would expect <20 PSI. I think if it's under 50 PSI it can be considered "low pressure". About the bleed screws - think of them as a valve. Open the bleeder to pump fluid out or in. Close it to seal. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Sorry, damned glide pad - hit Send too soon. I had the same question about pushing the fluid back to the cylinders? When you say Low Pressure Pump, how 'low' are you talking? LarryT On 09/05/2018 1:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and clutch bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump attached to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it away, it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable container via the exit side hose. Then: Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of fresh brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open bleed screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you don't you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master cylinder... air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are pumping fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there is at least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the master cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the master to the fill mark and you are done. One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women should sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough low voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, and put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few feet or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump ports... On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her ride with nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing of the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master cylinder should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the slave cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. Worse, the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a pressure bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the clutch pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder cap. I finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the place. Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder valve. Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder and one at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle bleeder valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble lives; that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The hose from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, and after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid was finally free of bubbles. Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test the pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat procedure at middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and finally the pedal is perfect. Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the lower bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the job) and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. I've got an old empty R-22 bottle and a new vacuum pump, need to rig up some lines so I can start using that for oil changes and jobs like this. I wonder how the dealer boys do this, my copy of the FSM for this car is largely silent on how to bleed the clutch other than pointing out there are two bleeder valves. - Max Charleston SC ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Wow! Great solution. I have a question though - without opening the caliper bleed screws does is all the fluid get pumped from the calipers On 09/05/2018 1:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and clutch bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump attached to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it away, it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable container via the exit side hose. Then: Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of fresh brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open bleed screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you don't you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master cylinder... air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are pumping fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there is at least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the master cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the master to the fill mark and you are done. One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women should sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough low voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, and put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few feet or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump ports... On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her ride with nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing of the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master cylinder should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the slave cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. Worse, the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a pressure bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the clutch pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder cap. I finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the place. Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder valve. Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder and one at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle bleeder valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble lives; that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The hose from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, and after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid was finally free of bubbles. Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test the pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat procedure at middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and finally the pedal is perfect. Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the lower bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the job) and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. I've got an old empty R-22 bottle and a new vacuum pump, need to rig up some lines so I can start using that for oil changes and jobs like this. I wonder how the dealer boys do this, my copy of the FSM for this car is largely silent on how to bleed the clutch other than pointing out there are two bleeder valves. - Max Charleston SC ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
For the past 20 years, I've solved difficult to impossible brake and clutch bleeding problems with a small and very cheap electric fuel pump attached to the bleed screw port with clear poly line [use it once, throw it away, it's cheap at hardware bulk hose]. I attach the pump to the bleed screw, with suction side hose on bleed screw.. energize pump, and evacuate the entire system into a suitable container via the exit side hose. Then: Reverse the pump connections, put suction side hose in a container of fresh brake fluid and connect the exit side hose to the bleed screw... Open bleed screw... CAUTION.. install cap lightly on the master cylinder, if you don't you will squirt brake fluid on everything in the engine bay Energize pump and pump FROM the slave cylinder TO the master cylinder... air likes to move UP... but hates to move DOWN since you are pumping fluid from the lowest point to the highest point in the system, the air trapped in the lines and components is pushed UP and OUT.. Watch the level of fluid in the master cylinder container. Once there is at least 1/4 inch of fluid above the bottom, the port is covered in the master cylinder, so stop the pump and close the bleed screw fill the master to the fill mark and you are done. One man, no pumping the pedal, no back and forth trying to overcome the trapped air bubble lost in the system Flea Bay or Large Women should sell you a low pressure 12V fuel pump for less than $12... add enough low voltage wire [Home Depot] with alligator clips to reach the battery, and put a simple on off switch in line Bobs Yer Unkle...Stock up a few feet or yards of clear poly hose the right size to fit bleed screws and pump ports... On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 4:50 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her ride with > nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing of > the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master cylinder > should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the slave > cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. Worse, > the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a pressure > bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. > > I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the clutch > pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder cap. I > finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the place. > > Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder valve. > Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder and one > at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle bleeder > valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble lives; > that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The hose > from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, and > after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid was > finally free of bubbles. > > Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test the > pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat procedure at > middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and > finally the pedal is perfect. > > Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the lower > bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the job) > and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. I've > got an old empty R-22 bottle and a new vacuum pump, need to rig up some > lines so I can start using that for oil changes and jobs like this. I > wonder how the dealer boys do this, my copy of the FSM for this car is > largely silent on how to bleed the clutch other than pointing out there are > two bleeder valves. > - > Max > Charleston SC > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Installed the new hose yesterday evening, so SWMBO is back in her ride with nice cold AC. What a difficult job because of the really bad routing of the hydraulic lines! Nissan decided that the line from the master cylinder should loop up higher than the MC reservoir before going down to the slave cylinder, so bleeding the system is about as difficult as possible. Worse, the MC reservoir cap is a simple push-on, not a screw-down, so a pressure bleeder at that end makes a big mess of leaking brake fluid. I could not get any fluid to move out of the MC by operating the clutch pedal, so I spent about an hour or so rigging up a pressure bleeder cap. I finally got some fluid moving but not without leaking all over the place. Once I had fluid moving, I connected a hose at the middle bleeder valve. Yes Nissan installed two bleeder valves, one at the slave cylinder and one at a mid-point in the hydraulic lines. Unfortunately the middle bleeder valve is NOT at the highpoint of the system, where the air bubble lives; that would make too much sense to put the bleeder valve there. The hose from the middle bleeder valve was routed back into the MC reservoir, and after about twenty or thirty minutes of pump the pedal, that fluid was finally free of bubbles. Repeat procedure at the lower bleeder valve (slave cylinder). Test the pedal action, still too spongy from air in the system. Repeat procedure at middle bleeder valve, more air, and then again at lower bleeder, and finally the pedal is perfect. Next time I'm going to rig up a big vacuum source connected to the lower bleeder valve (I tried the mityvac, that just wasn't able to do the job) and with all that suction maybe this job won't suck quite so much. I've got an old empty R-22 bottle and a new vacuum pump, need to rig up some lines so I can start using that for oil changes and jobs like this. I wonder how the dealer boys do this, my copy of the FSM for this car is largely silent on how to bleed the clutch other than pointing out there are two bleeder valves. - Max Charleston SC ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Charleston Rubber & Gasket made up a new hose, not a perfect match but close enough to get the car back on the road. Now I've got some breathing room to order the dealership part that should last another 22 years... - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 8:12 AM Meade Dillon wrote: > The hose diameter is 1/8". The banjo end - 10mm? > > I see three options, probably going to go with #1: > > 1) Visit local hydraulic shop Tuesday over my lunch period and see if > they'll make up a new hose while I wait. > > 2) Order from local dealer, wait one of two days for delivery to dealer > and pick it up there. > > 3) Order aftermarket of unknown quality from FLAPS, wait one or two days > for pick up in store. > > If any FLAPS is open today, I may order a hose just to get the car back on > the road, and then get a better quality hose later from either dealer or > the local hydraulic shop (most likely I'll go to the shop, that option just > seems like more fun). > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 10:07 PM Larry Turner via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Along with Oil Analysis Services, I also sell a few banjo fittings -- I >> need the size to check & see what my supplier has. I normally sell >> Banjo fittings to be used with Weber Carbs, fuel pumps, pressure control >> kits, etc. We have both barb or AN fittings. Our most common AN size >> is -6 >> >> but if the hoses are professionally crimped/assembled better to do as >> suggested. >> >> LarryT >> >> >> On 09/01/2018 8:57 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >> > A good hose shop will have all the right stuff to remove the crimp and >> save >> > the fitting. >> > >> > They will also have the right hose to make up a replacement, and crimp >> it >> > properly. >> > >> > The crimp sleeve will be cut off and the barbed feral inside the hose >> > saved, undamaged. >> > A new proper sized crimp sleeve will be put on that will hold the >> pressure >> > required... >> > >> > Should be an easy "in and out" job.. >> > >> > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Looks like patience is the answer, Parks doesn't have the banjo >> fitting. >> >> Now do I special order an aftermarket part or a dealer part, or try >> Napa >> >> when they open next week. >> >> -- >> >> Max Dillon >> >> Charleston SC >> >> '87 300TD >> >> '95 E300 >> >> >> >> On September 1, 2018 6:32:49 PM EDT, Max Dillon >> >> wrote: >> >>> I think the ferrule on my fittings was originally part of the fitting, >> >>> and the deformed part of the ferrule became the "barbs" that held the >> >>> hose in place. >> >>> >> >>> I'll need either new fittings / custom made hose assembly, or be >> >>> patient and wait for delivery of the part. >> >>> -- >> >>> Max Dillon >> >>> Charleston SC >> >>> '87 300TD >> >>> '95 E300 >> >> ___ >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > ___ >> > 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 >> > >> > >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
The hose diameter is 1/8". The banjo end - 10mm? I see three options, probably going to go with #1: 1) Visit local hydraulic shop Tuesday over my lunch period and see if they'll make up a new hose while I wait. 2) Order from local dealer, wait one of two days for delivery to dealer and pick it up there. 3) Order aftermarket of unknown quality from FLAPS, wait one or two days for pick up in store. If any FLAPS is open today, I may order a hose just to get the car back on the road, and then get a better quality hose later from either dealer or the local hydraulic shop (most likely I'll go to the shop, that option just seems like more fun). - Max Charleston SC On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 10:07 PM Larry Turner via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Along with Oil Analysis Services, I also sell a few banjo fittings -- I > need the size to check & see what my supplier has. I normally sell > Banjo fittings to be used with Weber Carbs, fuel pumps, pressure control > kits, etc. We have both barb or AN fittings. Our most common AN size > is -6 > > but if the hoses are professionally crimped/assembled better to do as > suggested. > > LarryT > > > On 09/01/2018 8:57 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > A good hose shop will have all the right stuff to remove the crimp and > save > > the fitting. > > > > They will also have the right hose to make up a replacement, and crimp it > > properly. > > > > The crimp sleeve will be cut off and the barbed feral inside the hose > > saved, undamaged. > > A new proper sized crimp sleeve will be put on that will hold the > pressure > > required... > > > > Should be an easy "in and out" job.. > > > > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Looks like patience is the answer, Parks doesn't have the banjo fitting. > >> Now do I special order an aftermarket part or a dealer part, or try Napa > >> when they open next week. > >> -- > >> Max Dillon > >> Charleston SC > >> '87 300TD > >> '95 E300 > >> > >> On September 1, 2018 6:32:49 PM EDT, Max Dillon > >> wrote: > >>> I think the ferrule on my fittings was originally part of the fitting, > >>> and the deformed part of the ferrule became the "barbs" that held the > >>> hose in place. > >>> > >>> I'll need either new fittings / custom made hose assembly, or be > >>> patient and wait for delivery of the part. > >>> -- > >>> Max Dillon > >>> Charleston SC > >>> '87 300TD > >>> '95 E300 > >> ___ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Along with Oil Analysis Services, I also sell a few banjo fittings -- I need the size to check & see what my supplier has. I normally sell Banjo fittings to be used with Weber Carbs, fuel pumps, pressure control kits, etc. We have both barb or AN fittings. Our most common AN size is -6 but if the hoses are professionally crimped/assembled better to do as suggested. LarryT On 09/01/2018 8:57 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: A good hose shop will have all the right stuff to remove the crimp and save the fitting. They will also have the right hose to make up a replacement, and crimp it properly. The crimp sleeve will be cut off and the barbed feral inside the hose saved, undamaged. A new proper sized crimp sleeve will be put on that will hold the pressure required... Should be an easy "in and out" job.. On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Looks like patience is the answer, Parks doesn't have the banjo fitting. Now do I special order an aftermarket part or a dealer part, or try Napa when they open next week. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On September 1, 2018 6:32:49 PM EDT, Max Dillon wrote: I think the ferrule on my fittings was originally part of the fitting, and the deformed part of the ferrule became the "barbs" that held the hose in place. I'll need either new fittings / custom made hose assembly, or be patient and wait for delivery of the part. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
> > Max wrote: > > > > This is one end of a leaking hydraulic hose for the clutch on > > our Infiniti I30 > Peter wrote: > Your local hydraulic shop can crimp a new hose on for you with > the same type of fitting. Or put in a suitable banjo to AN (JIC) adapter and build your own hoses with AN type fittings from a speed shop. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
A good hose shop will have all the right stuff to remove the crimp and save the fitting. They will also have the right hose to make up a replacement, and crimp it properly. The crimp sleeve will be cut off and the barbed feral inside the hose saved, undamaged. A new proper sized crimp sleeve will be put on that will hold the pressure required... Should be an easy "in and out" job.. On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Looks like patience is the answer, Parks doesn't have the banjo fitting. > Now do I special order an aftermarket part or a dealer part, or try Napa > when they open next week. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On September 1, 2018 6:32:49 PM EDT, Max Dillon > wrote: > >I think the ferrule on my fittings was originally part of the fitting, > >and the deformed part of the ferrule became the "barbs" that held the > >hose in place. > > > >I'll need either new fittings / custom made hose assembly, or be > >patient and wait for delivery of the part. > >-- > >Max Dillon > >Charleston SC > >'87 300TD > >'95 E300 > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Looks like patience is the answer, Parks doesn't have the banjo fitting. Now do I special order an aftermarket part or a dealer part, or try Napa when they open next week. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On September 1, 2018 6:32:49 PM EDT, Max Dillon wrote: >I think the ferrule on my fittings was originally part of the fitting, >and the deformed part of the ferrule became the "barbs" that held the >hose in place. > >I'll need either new fittings / custom made hose assembly, or be >patient and wait for delivery of the part. >-- >Max Dillon >Charleston SC >'87 300TD >'95 E300 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 17:39:20 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > It looks like Max's fitting requires a bottomless ferrule which goes > over the hose and the flange at the back of the fitting, then the > crimper has to form the end of the ferrule around the flange to keep > the whole mess from slipping off the pipe. Bottomless ferrule. I guess someone, somewhere has been doing a lot of thinking about this kind of thing ... Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
I think the ferrule on my fittings was originally part of the fitting, and the deformed part of the ferrule became the "barbs" that held the hose in place. I'll need either new fittings / custom made hose assembly, or be patient and wait for delivery of the part. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
> On September 1, 2018 at 5:27 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > Too bad your fitting's tube is smooth. It looks like Max's fitting requires a bottomless ferrule which goes over the hose and the flange at the back of the fitting, then the crimper has to form the end of the ferrule around the flange to keep the whole mess from slipping off the pipe. I don't think the guy at the parts store could do that even if he wanted to incorporate customer supplied used fittings. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
I have to admit that a car without a clutch can be a bit difficult to drive! I will hopefully be swapping an axle in the Golf this evening, so I can swap mufflers on the TE tomorrow ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Thanks Craig. Parks auto parts has a guy whose supposed to start work at 7 this evening, apparently he can make a new line if he has the proper fittings. They won't reuse my fittings. While I wait, I'm going to try to bodge up a fix with new line and Oetiker clamps on my old fittings. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On September 1, 2018 3:14:25 PM EDT, Craig via Mercedes wrote: >On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:05:59 -0600 Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > >> The longer answer, like Peter's, is to take the fitting to a local >hose >> shop (even NAPA does it) and have them crimp on a proper hose with a >> proper ferrule. I have had that kind of thing done > >Sorry, I hit "Send" instead of the "Draft" button right next to it ... > >The last sentence should read, > >I have had that kind of thing done for A/C lines on our Peterbilt and >fuel return lines on our Kenworth. > > >Craig > >___ >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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:05:59 -0600 Craig via Mercedes wrote: > The longer answer, like Peter's, is to take the fitting to a local hose > shop (even NAPA does it) and have them crimp on a proper hose with a > proper ferrule. I have had that kind of thing done Sorry, I hit "Send" instead of the "Draft" button right next to it ... The last sentence should read, I have had that kind of thing done for A/C lines on our Peterbilt and fuel return lines on our Kenworth. Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Thanks Peter, I'm trying to fix this today. Supposedly the big local auto parts warehouse has the tools to crimp on a new hose, I'm headed there in a bit. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 2:41 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Your local hydraulic shop can crimp a new hose on for you with the same > type of fitting. Had a fuel line for the TE made that way as the > replacements failed in a few weeks. Ditto for AC hoses by the way. > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
On Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:07:49 -0400 Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > This is one end of a leaking hydraulic hose for the clutch on our > Infiniti I30. I'm thinking I can cut off the ferrule, install new hose > cut out of a new brake line, and then crimp on with an Oetiker clamp. I diddled with the picture you attached in the Gimp to make more details visible and looked up what an Oetiker clamp is. The short answer to your question is, "Yes!" The longer answer, like Peter's, is to take the fitting to a local hose shop (even NAPA does it) and have them crimp on a proper hose with a proper ferrule. I have had that kind of thing done Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Can I reuse this hose fitting?
Your local hydraulic shop can crimp a new hose on for you with the same type of fitting. Had a fuel line for the TE made that way as the replacements failed in a few weeks. Ditto for AC hoses by the way. ___ 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
