Brake bleeder hand pump?

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

I borrowed a vacuum brake bleeder from a friend and I'm struggling
with it.  It's a trigger type gun with a plastic canister in between
the gun and the brake bleeder.  If I hold my thumb over the hose end
and pump a few times, I'm definitely getting suction on my thumb.  But
when I connect to the bleeder, I just get air.  It seems to me that
the hose connection to the bleeder is tight.  I have the MC cap off
just a bit to let some air in, but it's full of fluid.

Also, I started with the rear passenger tire, but the instructions say
start closest to the the MC and work away from it.  Does that make
sense?

Anyone have any experience with these things?  Seems simple enough and
I can't figure out where all the air's coming from.  Maybe through the
loose threads on the bleeder?

As always, thanks.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco

-- 
--
Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.
-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group.
http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.