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Peters Web Site
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Date: 7-23-2023
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Number of Hours: 3.00
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Manual Reference: 9225501-LOG-14.013
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Brief Description: 2: Brake Fluid Filling
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What should have been a quick job to fill and bleed the brakes, turned into somewhat more. Armed with a cheap garden-sprayer, some clear PVC tubing, and a litre bottle of synthetic automatic transmission fluid (which I'm told makes an effective brake fluid), I set about filling my brake system.
My first problem was that I couldn't get any fluid into the brake caliper. Silly me, I didn;t realise I needed to back off the bleed nipple a quarter turn to allow fluid to enter. Okay, sorted that little dilema.
Next, after I filled the left system, I soon noticed fluid running out of a gap in the fuselage (where the gear leg fits into the fusleage skin). A glance inside the cockpit showed why ..... I hadn't tightened the braided lines at the brake pedals. Bugger.
I cleaned up the mess, tightened the fittings, then continued to fill the brake system. Once done I sat in the cockpit and tested the pedals, however noted that the right side master cylinder seems to be stuck. I cannot get it to move at all. I've had enough of this for one day, so will troubleshoot further tomorrow.
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My "brake fluid" and garden-spray filling kit
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Not what I was hoping for!
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