Would running the engine at a fast idle on the hose or at the dock turn the pump fast enough? That would be easier for me and turn it into a one person job. (if I ever have to do it again).

My experience is if you have air between the helm and the rams the only way to get rid of it is to crack a fitting at the ram and turn the steering wheel to push out the air.

If you have air in between the pump and the helm it will bleed itself just by running the engine and turning the wheel back and forth.

That was plenty fast enough when I did mine.

This makes sense to me and you know for sure when the air is purged from the system.

That is what I did.

this has been my experiance also.

I should say that I have a Hynautic system on my Chris Cat. I filled the resevoir at the end of last summer and did try to bleed it by working the wheel back and forth. The boats on a trailer in the storage bldg and I want to get this fixed BEFORE i dunk it.


Thanks guys......

gonna restart this thread, how many quarts do you think would be in a full hydo system in a TG, Bill3 and I are going to bleed the system and I want to have all the stuff I need

I think I would get 4 quarts just to be on the safe side.

The bleeding instructions for Mayfair are here. http://www.hardin-marine.com/Instruc...ed_7-13-12.pdf

I have that pdf in my hand B3......thanks