I have a 1 man bleeder. It consists of a piece of tube dipping into a
jar of brake fluid. Costs nothing - so there.
John
You wrote:
>
>I have a one man bleeder that consists of a plastic tube with a one
way
>check valve in the middle...It cost $5 and works better than anything
I have
>found ....only problem is I can't remember where I got it...JC whitney
I
>think...they have lots of good gadgets www.jcwhitneyusa.com Best
wishes
>for bubbless bleeding
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Bailey <RBailey(at)doa.state.la.us>
>To: 'Jay Laifman' <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com>
>Cc: 'alpines(at)autox.team.net' <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
>Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 6:22 AM
>Subject: RE: On bleeding brakes
>
>
>>Jay,
>>
>>Keep an eye out for a brake bleeder kit consisting of a little
bottle,
>>tubing and a detachable magnet. I think I bought it at NAPA years
ago. I
>>attach it to the wheel arch. I loosen the screw, pump the brakes and
watch
>>the fluid level drop an inch. I top off and look at the tube for
rising
>air
>>bubbles. After a couple of cycles of this, the bubbles are gone and
I
>>tighten the screw. The only drawback is the bottle is pretty small.
You
>>have to empty it a lot. I bet you could epoxy a magnet to one of
those big
>>containers commonly sold.
>>
>>Robert Bailey
>>Baton Rouge, LA
>>
>>
>>> -Original Message-----
>>> From: Jay Laifman [SMTP:Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 10:15 AM
>>> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
>>> Subject: On bleeding brakes
>>>
>>> I bought one of those one person bleeders, the type you pump with
your
>>> hand
>>> at the wheel cylinder to draw out the fluid. The problem was that
once
>>> when I got up to add more fluid to the resevoir, the pump
accidentally
>>> fell
>>> on to its side - which is actually pretty easy since it is not very
big
>>> and
>>> the tubing creates a twisting force that wants to tip it over. So,
not
>>> realizing that when the pump fell over, fluid went up the wrong
tube, I
>>> started pumping away to build up the pressure. What happened? The
fluid
>>> that went up the wrong tube got sprayed out all over the place!
All over
>>> my paint, etc. I rinsed it off, and it seemed to survive.
>>>
>>> I tried again once, after creating this box to hold the unit so it
would
>>> not fall over again. So, what happened? I KICKED IT OVER!(at)#$*! I
don't
>>> use it any more.
>>>
>>> A mechanic I know, who works by himself, swears that all you need
is a 90
>>> degree fitting for the bleeder valve attached to a long clear tube
that
>>> you
>>> run straight up from the valve and loop up and over the suspension,
or
>>> something. He opens the valve and then pumps away at the pedal,
without
>>> the OPEN, CLOSE, OPEN, CLOSE routine. Any air goes up the tube,
and does
>>> not sit by the valve to get sucked back in. I have tried it and
have
>been
>>> very happy with the results.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>
>
>
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