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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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what's the best way to remove the full braking system without pishing fluid everywhere?

I can't make too much of a mess as the car is on my neighbour's drive plus i don't want it ruining everything else it touches. I have the front calipers off and the rest of the bay stripped, just wanting to take out the Master cylinder, brake pipes, reservoir etc.

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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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try sucking the fluid from the resevoir with a squeezy hamsters drink bottle and then maybe lay a load of old cardboard underneath the car whilst removing the rest of the bits. it is one of those jobs where the less mess you try and make, the more it does make!! lol. good luck
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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disconnecting all the calipers with containers of somesort underneath each to catch the fluid and pumping the brakes to get as much out the pipes as possible. perhaps a plastic sheet on the ground with a dustsheet on top to soak up the spillage?
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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disconnecting all the calipers with containers of somesort underneath each to catch the fluid and pumping the brakes to get as much out the pipes as possible. perhaps a plastic sheet on the ground with a dustsheet on top to soak up the spillage?
done that bit, there's still a bit of fluid in the system. I'll try and suck it from the top but it's the shit in the system that concerns me

that and the fact i have no clue how to take the shite off
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