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Make/Purchase a reservoir that you can fill with brake fluid then pressurize
(e.g. to maybe 10 or 15psi). Attach small (e.g. 1/8" ID) flex hose to your
reservoir, attach hose to your caliper drain fitting, loosen caliper drain
fitting and slowly fill brake w/ fluid (by turning on the fitting that
controls the release of air pressure on your fill tank). Note: Usually
requires someone inside the plane so they can tell you to turn off the
pressure when the internal (inside the plane) reservoir is approaching the
full point or you'll have a mess. Objective is to get to the point where
you don't see any air bubbles as you fill the internal (inside the plane)
reservoir. Hence, you might have to perform this operation multiple times
by draining/pouring out fluid from the internal reservoir as it fills up.

Ted

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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of Jones,
Michael
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:39 AM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: [rebel-builders] Brake caliper filling

hi all

so whats the best way to fill the brakes on a rebel, know it wont work
from top down, so how doyou do it from bottom up, use a pump of some
kind i assume

cheers

mike#007




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Mike.. go get a little oiling squirt can at CTC and fill it with Dextron II.
Put a piece of vinyl tubing over the oiling tip and the other end of the
tube on the brake bleed screw (install 1/4" wrench first). Crack the screw
and start pumping the Dextron II up the line until it starts filling the
reservoir. Repeat for other side. On amphib long lines I use a 12v
windshield washer pump with the inlet tube just stuck in the jug of fluid.

Wayne

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From: "Jones, Michael" <Michael.Jones@snclavalin.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] Brake caliper filling

hi all

so whats the best way to fill the brakes on a rebel, know it wont work
from top down, so how doyou do it from bottom up, use a pump of some
kind i assume

cheers

mike#007




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At 12:38 PM 18/03/2009 -0400, you wrote:

hi all

so whats the best way to fill the brakes on a rebel, know it wont work
from top down, so how doyou do it from bottom up, use a pump of some
kind i assume

cheers

mike#007

Hi Mike I just use an oil can with a pump on it and a piece of rubber hose
that push fits over the bleeder screw and the oil can hose. about 100 or
150 strokes on the little thumb handle fills one side. I pump untill
there's about 1/2" in the resevoir then do the other side and bring the
level up another 1/2" that's always been enough to get all the bubbles out
for me. I'm using dextron II for my brake fluid.
Drew



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Will give it a try, thanks as always

Cheers

mike

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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
Wayne G. O'Shea
Sent: March 18, 2009 1:27 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] Brake caliper filling

Mike.. go get a little oiling squirt can at CTC and fill it with Dextron
II.
Put a piece of vinyl tubing over the oiling tip and the other end of the

tube on the brake bleed screw (install 1/4" wrench first). Crack the
screw
and start pumping the Dextron II up the line until it starts filling the

reservoir. Repeat for other side. On amphib long lines I use a 12v
windshield washer pump with the inlet tube just stuck in the jug of
fluid.

Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jones, Michael" <Michael.Jones@snclavalin.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] Brake caliper filling

hi all

so whats the best way to fill the brakes on a rebel, know it wont work
from top down, so how doyou do it from bottom up, use a pump of some
kind i assume

cheers

mike#007




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