Brake fluid bleeding

[magikbus]

I've done a lot of brake work on VWs both bugs and vans over the last few decades, with regard to bleeding,  I've always started with the passenger rear, then done the driver rear then the passenger front and then the driver front.  So how come my green Bentley manual on page 29 of Brakes and Wheels section 9.3 says to start "Take the dust cap off the bleeder valve at the right hand front wheel.....".  I must say this is only my third '74 van so maybe I've been doing it wrong for the last 30 years.

Confused in Ladysmith 
Stan

[mitchy965]

always start at the bleeder furthest from the master was drilled into my head as a young tech.you have been correctly performing this procedure no matter what mr bentley has written.

[owdlvr]

I do the front left first, until I get clean clear fluid. And then I start at the furthest away and work my way closer, ending again on the front left. I bleed using a Motive Pressure bleeder, so I want to get all the old fluid out of the reservoir first (using the front left) before I move to clearing out the whole system via the longest track method. This way, I'm not risking spilling brake fluid as I try and suck it out of the reservoir. Late model beetle reservoirs are slighly hidden under the hood seal.

[Volktales]

I have done it many ways over the years. Seems to work regardless of technique, most of the time. The last resort is hooking up the dreaded pressure bleeder, which pretty much always gets the job done...

[magikbus]

Thanks guys, as I"ve got a lot of old fluid in there maybe doing Dave's method would work best. That is if my wife's patience holds out.
Stan

[Rob Sannes]

Right on Stan! Get that fluid flowing. Would love to meet Betsy some time!