Originally posted by L8 Apexing Aussie:
Firstly you can't do it by yourself without having speedbleeders. If you just opened it and pumped it and then let you foot off the pedal it will suck in air.
You can either rent a Mighty Vac from your local parts store or other wise ask Terry Haines to give you the spec on the clutch bleeder screw as I am sure he has them lying around. You want to know the thread pitch and length of the speed bleeder in order to get the right one. It must be small though.I think it uses a 8mm wrench from memory, so the thread will be close to 5-6mm I am guessing. And I don't know off hand whether speed bleeders makes them that small.
Mighty Vac's rock (or do they suck?)! If you go to AutoZone and get there "OEM" generic branded brake pump kit for 30 dollars you will see it is a real Mighty Vac kit. It has all the attachments and a gauge - IIRC the Mighty Vac branded kit price is like 50 - 60 bucks so it's a sweet deal.
You can use it bleed brakes/clutch, check manifold vacuum, check EGR, check FPR. Anything that involves measuring or aplying suckage
Just a warning - our brake bleeders seem more prone to leak air around the threads than others I've used it on - some plumbers putty put at base of bleeder helps immensely - just make sure it wont get sucked in to contaminate things. Never had any trouble with clutch bleeder though.
