My slave will be here tomorrow. I have read all the post and think I know the bleed procedure. I have one question. When everyone says right front caliper to slave, is this the passenger or drivers caliper? (could be sitting in the car or looking at the car from front) Thanks in advance!!!

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1973 220D "Emerson"

Right front would be the Passengers side.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

Right/left on a car always determined from the point of view of someone sitting in the driver's seat.
Same as right/left on a river.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Sorry for that but thanks!!! I thought right was looking at the car from front. Because it would be the drivers caliper you would use because it is closest to the master and I would have been wrong.

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1973 220D "Emerson"

I learn something new everyday!

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1973 220D "Emerson"

I made a cheap reverse bleeder from an old style oil can , the type with the thumb plunger on it . I dont know the name for it but we used it in the machine shop for oiling the lathes. has a screw off cap and a long snout.

Fill it with brake fluid connect a clear line thats snug on slave fitting , snout is tapered so it pushes right on. (line came from vacuum pump kit )

Pump until line is full

connect to slave cylinder and crack line

Pump a few times (have someone watch resevoir if its pretty full )

Tighten fitting on slave

Plug line on your new contraption (golf tee , bolt )

test

i wan't a slave, i need someone to boss around

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2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

didn't expect that on a german car forum


Oddly enough, my slave is due here today as well. It's veteran's day and us gov't employees have the day off. It's supposed to be 50 here in MI so I know what I'm doing.....

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1972 W115 220D/8 SLS, Coffman Starter "Ümläüt"

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Hope it's coming via UPS or Fedex....have fun with it. Cold brake fluid in the eye can't feel very good.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Yeah, the wife got concerned when she saw that I had a slave coming in the mail. (a little jealous) Now she knows it is for the car and doesn't care. I am going to try the oil can method!! Thanks for taking the time to share that because I do have one of those old oil cans. My grandfather gave me one from his shop many years ago. I will post how it goes.

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1973 220D "Emerson"

ERGH it was shipped via USPS and I must have checked the mail like three times yesterday until I realized that the mail people have the day off, too.

I did spend my day off working on my Norton AHRMA Sportsman 750 motorcycle, and that was just as fun, if not better than brake fluid in the eye.

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1972 W115 220D/8 SLS, Coffman Starter "Ümläüt"

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Nope, there is nothing more fun than bleeding a 220/240D clutch. Not even a root canal....

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

i'm gonna try the "drive around-vibration" method.

it worked well when i replaced the master clutch cyl.

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My 240D clutch didn't give me any problems when I bled it . . . maybe I did it wrong!

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82 240D Manual 277K and still rolling!
02 Volvo S60 AWD For Sale

So, what did you do, because I will be doing mine in a week or two.

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'95 E300D ("Tank") - 231,000 miles
'79 240D ("Biscuit") - 197,250 miles (Sold)
'83 240D ("Ding-Ding") - 217,000 miles (Death by deer)
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