Salt ate through a rear hard line. Replaced both the crusty crunchies with all the tricks for rusted fittings. I rented a vacuum hand pump from vatozone and it leaks, but was able to pull the air through the lspv and get fluid through one of the new lines before the vacuum pump stopped holding pressure. Even if I had a tool that works, the rear DS bleeder valve has almost no length past the nut and a hose won't fit. Idk why it's a different length but whatever.
My help for tomorrow flakes out as people often do these days, and I need to drive. Can I jam a stick or pry bar into the seat and push the pedal down? I ask because the pedal in past experiences will go further down when the bleeder is opened and air escapes. I don't want to a) let air leak back in if that happens and the stick falls off or b) not have sufficient downward pressure to get all the air out and waste a bunch of time.
If it's held down maybe 2/3 I'd still have constant pressure similar to an unbroken vacuum pump? Does it need to be to the floor or should some pressure be enough?
I do have cinder blocks but I don't know if they'll be heavy enough to keep the pressure I need.
My help for tomorrow flakes out as people often do these days, and I need to drive. Can I jam a stick or pry bar into the seat and push the pedal down? I ask because the pedal in past experiences will go further down when the bleeder is opened and air escapes. I don't want to a) let air leak back in if that happens and the stick falls off or b) not have sufficient downward pressure to get all the air out and waste a bunch of time.
If it's held down maybe 2/3 I'd still have constant pressure similar to an unbroken vacuum pump? Does it need to be to the floor or should some pressure be enough?
I do have cinder blocks but I don't know if they'll be heavy enough to keep the pressure I need.
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