stang&2Birds
Founding Member
BTW, dealers have used a multi-quart Diaphragm-Type Pressure Bleeder Tanks for ~15+ years. That alone should say something.
As for ***hats like the one in the video, many local mechanics do many things half-*ssed and very dangerously. Just because they don't get killed immediately and their customers don't die immediately from the BS repairs, that does NOT mean that it's the right way to do things.
I always think back of the local mechanic that was in his late 40's, had a wife and kids, and was working late by himself. From the scene in the morning and police reports, it seems that the mechanic used a prybar to remove a rear spring. The spring sprung out, took a bad/deadly path, hit the mechanic in the head, and he likely died shortly after the blow.
I remember that incident EVERY time I read about some idiot suggesting using clamps or a prybar on the front springs. Yea, the local mechanics, that likely didn't even graduate high school, may do that. But, that does NOT mean that it's a correct or SAFE way to do things.
I often wonder if everyone else in the world does some simpleton job that any moron can learn how to do perfectly with only a day or two of training. Wow, and some of those people make very good money! I must be doing something wrong!
Or maybe, just maybe, "many people" are so foolish that they think that know as much as someone that took 5 years of Mechanical Engineering, has over a dozen years of professional experience, and has the use and experience using million dollars worth of software and hardware and support personnel.
In other words, you have some choices:
o Listen to the high school drop-out local mechanic
o Listen to the BS often on forums and on the web
OR
o Do what the ASE dealer mechanics do (as suggested by the engineers that designed the cars).
o Do what the factory manual says and as suggested by the engineers that designed the cars.
(Yes, factory manuals do have typos and mistakes. It's called living in the real world.)
As for ***hats like the one in the video, many local mechanics do many things half-*ssed and very dangerously. Just because they don't get killed immediately and their customers don't die immediately from the BS repairs, that does NOT mean that it's the right way to do things.
I always think back of the local mechanic that was in his late 40's, had a wife and kids, and was working late by himself. From the scene in the morning and police reports, it seems that the mechanic used a prybar to remove a rear spring. The spring sprung out, took a bad/deadly path, hit the mechanic in the head, and he likely died shortly after the blow.
I remember that incident EVERY time I read about some idiot suggesting using clamps or a prybar on the front springs. Yea, the local mechanics, that likely didn't even graduate high school, may do that. But, that does NOT mean that it's a correct or SAFE way to do things.
I often wonder if everyone else in the world does some simpleton job that any moron can learn how to do perfectly with only a day or two of training. Wow, and some of those people make very good money! I must be doing something wrong!
Or maybe, just maybe, "many people" are so foolish that they think that know as much as someone that took 5 years of Mechanical Engineering, has over a dozen years of professional experience, and has the use and experience using million dollars worth of software and hardware and support personnel.
In other words, you have some choices:
o Listen to the high school drop-out local mechanic
o Listen to the BS often on forums and on the web
OR
o Do what the ASE dealer mechanics do (as suggested by the engineers that designed the cars).
o Do what the factory manual says and as suggested by the engineers that designed the cars.
(Yes, factory manuals do have typos and mistakes. It's called living in the real world.)
since your so quick to try and call me a dumbass.... when you, again, didn't read the thread. and please, if you did, please direct me to the post where I claimed to have "found something NEW".The problem wasn't just replacing the calipers, but the poor design of the bleeder not being the highest point of the unit itself.
I had the same issue with my old 87 lx. It was the master cylinder. I swapped it for a new on (not a refurb) problem solved!!!
