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Used a combination of vaccum bleeder and old-fashioned pedal pushing.
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Nice, I'm planning on doing my 1st oil change pretty soon.
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With help from Dell and others, I just finished my first ever brake fluid flush and clutch bleed. Took my time and all steps worked out great. Used a combination of vaccum bleeder and old-fashioned pedal pushing. Used four bottles of Motul 600.
Brakes feel terrific and an improvement over a recent flush by a professional shop. Guess that's good and bad.
This may be on the light and easy side of DIY, but a first is a first. In combination with learning to change pads the previous weekend, I've now got some good basics for track prep.
Thanks to one and all for the advice and encouragement.
I used a Crafstman all-purpose vaccum bleeder purchased several years ago and gathering dust. Good pump, but very undersized catch bottle. The pedal work was done with a venerable mayonaise jar. I guess the value of the mighty MightyVac (sp?) is the volume of the catch bottle.
I forgot to give credit in my OP to a local buddy who helped me every step of the way--including crawling underneath for the clutch valve. I'm showing my appreciation properly and taking him to the Grand Am/Rolex stop at NJMSP this weekend.
That brings up a point about the clutch valve. The Rennlist write up--excellent picture--suggests getting at the valve through the driver's side rear wheel well. We could not understand the advantage or reality of that. Because the tranny is centered in the car, we could not reach the bleed valve at all except by going underneath. I can only imagine it would be much tougher on a turbo, S, or the like.
So, while it makes sense to bleed the clutch when your otherwise bleeding/flushing the brakes--the clutch line looked to hold about 1/3 - 1/2 pint of the old fluid--the only way was by going underneath. I'd suggest jacking the car up maybe five inches higher than you otherwise would to work the brakes.
One guy's experience . . .
Bottom line, as the legions will tell you, take your time and this is absolutely doable. It's actually about procedure and doing each little step in the proper order.
Next job is to figure out how to raise my seat a bit--its a GT3 seat--and competently heel-toe. No matter what I try, I can't seem to orient my foot over the brake and get to the gas without giving up good brake control. On my previous '88, I was able to fit a piece of wood and make the pedal assembly more vertical by placing a couple of washers under the outside floor mounting bolt. That doesn't work on this '99. Might have to bite the bullet an get a Rennline pedal . . .
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