R129 ADS2 bleeding / pump priming?

[Justin85]

Hello everyone,

Please can you help a noob?!

I've just refitted the tandem pump on my 2000 R129 SL500. I didn't lose a lot of hydraulic (ZH-M) fluid in the process - indeed the level in the the reservoir on the front wing barely dropped - it has remained just on the max mark.

Does anyone know if I need to prime the ADS side of tandem pump and if so, how? Do I need to bleed the ADS system? I note from the ADS2 shop manual (available on Brian Clifton's R129 site) that the system should be self bleeding, but others the suggest that the system might need the Rodeo proceedure carried out. I thought the Rodeo bleeding procees was only for ABC?

Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
Justin.