|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,127
|
I F-ed up good today. Plastic in brake fluid.
Due to the proportioning valve on my 951 sweating fluid, I added some today. Unfortunately, I also added a piece of plastic. The ATE fluid cans have plastic tabs right inside the can for whatever reason, and one of them broke off and is now sitting at the bottom of my resevoir.
I desperately tried to remove the plastic as it was sinking, but couldn't get to any needle nose pliers or the like before it disappeared in the blue depths of hell. So... I guess if I'm lucky, I can pump out the fluid and find the thing. However, that still leads to bleeding the clutch and crap, and that doesn't really sound that exciting. Any other ideas? I guess I won't be driving it tomorrow.
__________________
Brad Tompkins Current: '86 951 Sunroof Delete - '89 951 - '83 944 Spec - '08 Cayenne Turbo Past: '88 924S Track - '86 944 16v - '87 951 - '87 951 - '88 951S - '08 Cayman S - '87 944 Track - '93 968 |
||
03-21-2006, 04:51 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Visalia, Ca
Posts: 1,327
|
Its in the resivoir still. or has it suken inn trew the blue clutch hose?
__________________
Jaime O. Thank god I crashed or i would never have owned a porsche 83 944 daily driver (clutch and tt time) 85 325e BMW T-boned R.I.P. |
||
|
03-21-2006, 04:56 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,127
|
I assume it sunk right in the middle.
But, the brake master cylinder is at the bottom. So I'm assuming its sitting in/on the master cylinder.
__________________
Brad Tompkins Current: '86 951 Sunroof Delete - '89 951 - '83 944 Spec - '08 Cayenne Turbo Past: '88 924S Track - '86 944 16v - '87 951 - '87 951 - '88 951S - '08 Cayman S - '87 944 Track - '93 968 |
||
|
03-21-2006, 05:00 PM
|
|
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Miami
Posts: 4,294
|
oh man brad.
I have one ghetto idea so far- metal wire (coat hanger) wrapped in duct tape, sticky side out, run it down there? Hopefully the brake fluid doesn't undo the sticky powers. |
||
|
03-21-2006, 05:15 PM
|
|
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Miami
Posts: 4,294
|
Another idea- shop-vac rigged to suck through a few feet of acrylic tube, suck it outta there.
|
||
|
03-21-2006, 05:19 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Visalia, Ca
Posts: 1,327
|
turkey baster frome 99 cent store see if u can sukc it up. or what i would do is disconect all the hard lines frome the brake master cyclinder stick some twisted papaer towle in the holes on the mastert cyclinder. and then if you cant get it out with the baster just pour some more brake fuild untill it flows out and re attach the lines
__________________
Jaime O. Thank god I crashed or i would never have owned a porsche 83 944 daily driver (clutch and tt time) 85 325e BMW T-boned R.I.P. |
||
|
03-21-2006, 05:30 PM
|
|
|
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,954
|
I would go with the turkey baster to suck out the fluid from the top then see if you can grab it with some needle nose pliers, get some long ones. I would think if you drain the fluid it will suck the plastic bit deeper into the system.
|
||
|
03-21-2006, 05:34 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Long Beach, CA
Posts: 1,041
|
I think Dave L has the right idea. And, if you don't suck all of the fluid out, leave the pickup holes covered, you won't need to bleed the systems.
__________________
Still looking for the right deal on another P-car 1968 BMW 1600 2 liter 1956 Ford F250 1955 BMW R69 1999 Range Rover Callaway #011 of 220 (Yeah, as in Callaway Corvette...) |
||
|
03-21-2006, 06:05 PM
|
|
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Miami
Posts: 4,294
|
Damn you all and your reasonable solutions! I want the shopvac-tube contraption.
|
||
|
03-21-2006, 06:19 PM
|
|
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,954
|
on second thought I like Rammsteins idea better,
Im on my way Ill bring the sawzall and beer. |
||
|
03-21-2006, 06:23 PM
|
|
|
meister member
|
I use a huge syringe ( the kind you buy at farm stores for injecting cattle). Use it to remove almost all you fluid but keep the brake holes covered. I wouldn't worry about the clutch hose since the fluid in the hose is more than enough to keep the clutch master cylinder submersed.
Good luck.
__________________
1983 944 guards red with 16" Fuchs, Host of Wisconsin area timing/ balance shaft belt tensioning party 1987 944S Purchased from Legion. Corvette LT-1 V-8 conversion with Mega Squirt II Check on progress ---> www.porschehybrids.com/gallery/speedracing944 Favorite Road = www.tailofthedragon.com 318 turns in 11 miles (11 min 20 sec best run) |
||
|
03-21-2006, 06:42 PM
|
|
|
Writer/Teacher
|
i am thinking that the turkey baster would be the best idea. i think the brake fluid would make duct tape useless pretty quickly - that stuff is pretty caustic...
__________________
Current Stable: Black 07 Porsche 987 Cayman S: Long-Tube Headers; FabSpeed Exhaust; VividRacing ECU Tune; IPD Plenum; 997GT3 Throttle Body. Blue 1983 Porsche 928S. 1985.5 Porsche 944 Rat Rod. 2011 Acura MDX. 2008 Mazda 3. Gone But Not Forgotten:Garnet Red 86 Porsche 951("The Purple Pig"). Alpine White 83 Porsche 944 ("Alpine Wolf"). Guards Red 84 Porsche 944. |
||
|
03-21-2006, 07:28 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
I agree with everyone else...turkey baster. You don't really want sticky stuff from the tape in there anyway. If you leave a little fluid in the bottom, you shouldn't have to bleed anything as was previously mentioned. But if Dave brings the sawzall and beer, hold off till I get there. Max X always needs more video!
__________________
Tom 1990 944S2 Cabriolet 2002 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 2003 Maroon Ford F350 dually |
||
|
03-21-2006, 08:12 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,127
|
LOL
I'm going to try the turkey baster method. However, knowing how these cars operate (and don't), the sawzall may have to be used, along with a sledge. If that situation arises, I will let you know, so ya'll can bring me free beer.
__________________
Brad Tompkins Current: '86 951 Sunroof Delete - '89 951 - '83 944 Spec - '08 Cayenne Turbo Past: '88 924S Track - '86 944 16v - '87 951 - '87 951 - '88 951S - '08 Cayman S - '87 944 Track - '93 968 |
||
|
03-21-2006, 08:28 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ronkonkoma ny 11779
Posts: 2,024
|
a transsexual with lsd would suck it out.....
__________________
83 944....bye bye 85.5 euro spec 944, 5sp (she's gone....  74 914...hasta LA Vista baby 87 924s....don't let the door hit ya 68 912.......see ya! |
||
|
03-21-2006, 08:32 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Long Beach, CA
Posts: 1,041
|
I'll bring the C4.
__________________
Still looking for the right deal on another P-car 1968 BMW 1600 2 liter 1956 Ford F250 1955 BMW R69 1999 Range Rover Callaway #011 of 220 (Yeah, as in Callaway Corvette...) |
||
|
03-21-2006, 10:07 PM
|
|
|
Parrothead member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
Posts: 13,834
|
They sell this vacum pump thing that you slip over your.........Oh, never mind.....
__________________
Vinny Red '86 944, 05 Ford Super Duty Dually '02 Ram 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually, '07Jeep Wrangler '62 Mercury Meteor '90 Harley 1200 XL "Live your Life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral." |
||
|
03-22-2006, 07:21 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,554
|
oh god this thread is just going down hill..
you guys are almost as bad as those off topic people  
__________________
Kyle 2008 Mini Cooper // '83 Porsche 944 // '01 Mazda Protege [sold] // "Never break more than you fix!" - SoCal Driver |
||
|
03-22-2006, 08:36 AM
|
|
|
|
Back from Beyond
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,697
|
You might want to force your calipers open to blow some brake fluid back into the reservoir in case the plastic has actually gone down a line - bleeding in reverse??
I hear turkey basters have a number of uses, one of which is to make men obsolete... Is your car male or female?
__________________
'88 944 Auto - project, kinda '87 944 Auto - died saving my wife '84 944 5SP - crushed under shop roof during snow storm All others GONE! |
||
|
03-22-2006, 08:41 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Riverside, CA
Posts: 463
|
How about one of these? I think that's the best way to go...
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&pid=00941322000&subcat=Automotive+Specialty+Tools
__________________
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall...Torque is how far you take the wall with you... 1994 BMW 325is M-Technic 1986 Porsche 944 N/A |
||
|
03-22-2006, 08:53 AM
|
|
2007 Porsche Cayman S
The Viridian Falcon
SOLD! -- The Purple Pig
SOLD! -- Mighty Mouse
SOLD!! -- Alpine Wolf
