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Re: Clutch Bleeding Procedure
Posted by lochabay (more from lochabay) on Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:15:51
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

Rod:

I had the same problem with an '87 900.  You could not even pull fluid
through the line with a vacuum pump.  I found some instructions in the
archives for making a pressurizer out of two liter plastic soft drink
bottles, some clear plastic hose and a bicycle pump.  I bought a screw
top for the plastic fluid reservoir from the local auto parts store for
$2.  It was not for a Saab - I think it was a VW part, but it fit fine
and made a good seal.  I may have made a gasket - I can't remember, but
you can buy a small sheet of gasket material for a couple of dollars if
necessary.  I drilled a hole in the top for the fluid input hose.  It
worked fine.  I then sent a long description of what I had done to this
list and it was published.  It's coming back to me now, so I will just
tell you how to make the pump.

Get two plastic one or two liter soft drink bottles and a few feet of
1/4' o.d. clear plastic line.  Drill two 3/16' holes in the bottle
tops.  Run one line from the bicycle pump (you can put an adapter on the
end to fit the line over) through one bottle top and just into the
bottle.  Run another line connecting the two bottles together.  This
line is also inserted only a few inches into the bottles.  Run a third
line from the second bottle through the hole in the top you bought for
the plastic fluid reservoir.  The line to the reservoir should be
inserted all the way to the bottom of the bottle.  It helps to soften
the clear plastic in hot water before forcing it through the bottle
caps, but it will go and will form a tight seal.  The pump is attached
to the first bottle, and you put fluid in the second bottle.  Fill it at
least 1/2 full if you are using two liter bottles - you don't want to
run out.  Hook everything up, open the bleeder valve, and start
pumping.  You will see the fluid enter the reservoir through the clear
plastic lines.  You have no way of knowing how much pressure you have in
the system, so I would just pump until you have fluid flow into the
reservoir.  As I recall, it did not take many pumps.

Hope this helps.

David Lochabay, an old Saaber currently on a tropical island with no
Saab.

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