[Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder

[Paul Nimz]

30+ cans????  How many brakes do you bleed a year?????

Somehow I get by on 2L of Valvoline I can get at AZ any day of the week for
under $6 a L.  And I bleed the brakes every year.  I know I'm not racing
every weekend and don't need some super duper fluid but this is the only
reason someone would have to buy that many cans of brake fluid at one time
IMHO.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Christian Andretta'" <passport@optonline.net>;
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder


> Hopefully Tom will chime in here, but I "think" with the 30+ cans they
got,
> they got it for $6.95, or something like that. Memory is hazy, but I think
> the discount starts down around 10 cans or so.  Don't recall the details,
> but the Porsche guys first found out about it.
>
> Non-SHO Trivia: CDOC is a division of Das Sport
(http://www.das-sport.com/),
> that makes neat race stuff for BMWs and Porsches....and they are the ones
> that make the bolt-in, easy in-and-out rollbar (that requires NO drilling)
> that fits my cabriolet if I decide to keep it and do track events with it.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Andretta [mailto:passport@optonline.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:02 PM
> To: Ron Porter; 'Kirk Doucette'; 'van Oss'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder
>
>
> OK Kirk,  I guess I should start thinking about spending some money on
tires
> then.
>
> Like Ron said CDOC seems to have the lowest internet price.  I bought a
> couple of cans locally when a shop was hosting a BMW pre-track inpsection
> session.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Porter [mailto:ronporter@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:33 PM
> To: 'Kirk Doucette'; 'Christian Andretta'; 'van Oss';
> shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder
>
>
> IIRC, Tom bought it through CDOC (after I posted that link awhile back),
and
> bought a lot of it, splitting the order with a neighbor, and he got the
> better price for the quantity. He also got some other gifts from CDOC.
>
> Last I checked, Summit doesn't carry it. FWIW (and I can't say that I've
hit
> every site on the internet!!) but that $8.95/can is the best I've seen,
and
> the extra discount for higher quantities that they offer is better yet.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk Doucette [mailto:Kirk.doucette@verizon.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:08 PM
> To: Christian Andretta; van Oss; Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder
>
>
> COUGH>>>>>>>.    If you went to the track with us in the Spring and fall
you
> could get it even cheaper..    Wheres Tom S?  I think Summit sells it for
> 5.95.. They also have the Castrol SRF for like 80 bucks :)
>
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Christian Andretta
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:43 PM
> To: van Oss; Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder
>
> I have used just about 1 large ATE can ( I think they are a liter) to
flush
> the entire system.   I like the ATE fluid because I can alternate color
and
> know when the new fluid has filled the line and the caliper.  The cans can
> be purchased for 8 bucks a piece at a discount; I figure with all of the
> other stuff I waste money on paying three dollars more for a liter of
brake
> fluid is nothing.
>
> Christian Andretta
> 99 SF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of van Oss
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:21 PM
> To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] electronic brake bleeder
>
>
> Okay, I just ordered a pressure bleeder.  Gonna be "Bleedin' Brakes R Us"
> around here soon.
>
> If I buy brake fluid in the larger bottles, how many does it take to do
one
> car?  To do the whole fleet, I should probably buy a case anyway...
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> VO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Don't think the unit can replicate someone pumping the brake pedal for a
> flush!!
>
> Once I go the vacuum bleeder a few years ago, I couldn't believe that I
> waited that long before getting away from the two-person-pump-the-pedal
> operation, and the pressure bleeder works better yet....and doesn't need a
> compressor.
>
> OTOH, It appears that the abs pump could be left running for awhile, with
> the solenoids open, and it would move fluid through the system.....sorta
> making an automated bleeding process. Wonder if the abs pump is up for
> running for an extended period.
>
> Ron Porter
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