[Shotimes] Re: electronic brake bleeder

[Ron Porter]

Well, I attempted the same thing, and quit in failure!

I found a nice $7 1.5 liter pump bottle at Home Depot, put on all the
fittings and lines, and a cheap fuel pressure gauge that I got at AZ. The
insurmountable problem was the !#$%^& lousy Ford m/c cap! I went through a
few of them, trying to get a setup that would seal to the m/c. I tried
silicone, rubber, Saran Wrap, etc, etc, but I could never get it to hold
over 5 psi without leaking. It would work on a car with a screw-on m/c cap,
but the Ford setup with those small lugs would not work.

I then planned on just getting the Motive Products adaptor, but in looking
at the $25 I already spent, plus the adaptors for the Ford and our other
cars, I just went for the whole Motive Products setup, and I don't regret
it.

For someone on a really low budget, they could get the Motive Products
adaptor for $19.95, then spend $20-25 on a pump bottle and the other
fittings.....but then you are within $5 of the Universal Motive bleeder.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Alan Fanning
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 11:28 PM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: electronic brake bleeder


I started making a pressure bleeder a year or two back, using some plans off
the web. Said plans included use of a spare OEM brake reservoir cap and
adding a fill tube through the cap. Not sure what pressure the OEM cap is
good for, but had I finished the project it certainly would have been
Taurus/Sable specific.

    Alan

> If/when Motive Products comes up with a Ford-specific adaptor, it would
cut
> the setup time dramatically, as the time is now spent in getting the
adaptor
> chained and tightened on the m/c. Two-minute job for me now that I have
the
> drill down. Still a couple of spots on the driveway from blue ATE as I was
> getting the hang of it!!
> 
> Ron Porter
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