Hi I don't know what seal are fitted in your brake system so to be safe
you must use DOT5 fluid no other.
To help with bleeding the system first apply the brake on the wheel you
are not attempting to bleed and tie the brake finger leaver in the on
position. Now bleed the other brake circuit from the wheel cylinder by
using one of the std pressure bleeding kit's [Airworld 300981 worked for
me] that way you will drive the air up and out of the system at the
header tank. Once you are clear of air on the first circuit lock the
bleed nipple shut and repeat the same procedure on the other circuit.
Good luck Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Meek
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa Finger Brakes
Thanks for the advice, I've just come from the airfield having done a
bit more investigation.
Attached is a picture of my master cylinder, apparently it's a "New
Jamar finger brake controller all filled with DOT5.1 fluid filled from
the wheels as per the build book"
Apparently I have "Matco 5 inch discs on the wheels with new seals
fitted."
I just popped the cover off the levers to look at the master cylinders
and there are A LOT of very large bubbles in the left hand tube leading
out of the master cylinder.
I have just bought a bleeding kit and some 5.1 and will try to sort it
out tomorrow, I'm just worried there is a leak or something - as it was
fine last week but absolutely terrible now..
Do you think a simple bleed from the LH calliper will do the job?
Regards,
-Carl.
From: <duanefamly@aol.com>
Reply-To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:16:54 -0500 (EST)
To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa Finger Brakes
Describe the type of master cylinder you have as well as the type
wheel cylinders. There have been a few master cylinders of inferior
quality experienced by several builders.
Mike Duane
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Meek <carlmeek@gmail.com>
To: europa-list <europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 12:43 pm
Subject: Europa-List: Europa Finger Brakes
Can I just get a bit of advice from anyone with finger brakes fitted?
Mine seem to be a bit odd. Firstly, if i just pull a single one of
them it will hit the stop, whereas if i pull them both they have more
feel and don't hit the stop quite so much, however they seem to respond
better with a bit of pumping first.
Essentially I'm saying that they appear to be substandard, need
pumping to work properly, and even then pulling just one doesn't seem to
work well.
Any thoughts on what could be wrong? An engineer investigated it but
couldn't find anything wrong - he checked they were bled and suchlike,
he then reported it was caused by the fact the master cylinders were not
big enough for the callipers so they need pumping.
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