Miata Mailing List: November 1999, Message #803

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Rob

I bled the brakes on my '90 last week.  Miata.net says that you will need
about 1.5 litres for the brakes, and another 0.5 litres for the clutch.
This seemed like WAY too much to me, and in talking to the owner at a local
racing shop got roughly the same opinion.  Anyway, I bought a half litre of
dot 5.1 brake fluid and it was just enough to do the brake and clutch
systems.  Don't know how many ounces that is, but all the old fluid was
definitely gone.

YMMV

jamie
'90 red

----- Original Message -----
From: Miata Racer <miataracer95@hotmail.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 1:37 PM
Subject: brake bleed


> OK, so I bled all the brake lines and the cluth fluid last night.
> Time consuming but easy.  Just make sure you have a friend to help you
press
> the brake/cluth pedal and of course lots of beer.
> (The empty bottles are great for draining the fluid into.)
>
> My question to those of you who have done this is:
> How many ounces do you have to bleed out to replace all the flid in the
> lines.  I imagine the lines to the back wheels hold a few ounces and the
> lines to the front a little less?
> I ended up draining about 4 ounces through each line.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
> '95 classic red,PEP
>
> Team: A little brake fluid in my beer won't hurt!
>
>
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