bleeding brakes

medic said:
you can get a 1 man bleader kit at most auto stores - works fine just takes time since you need to keep stopping and filling the resivour to avoid bubbles
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Oh good - I recently bought one of these things for $3. :D It must have a 1 way valve in it...





I'd just like to add that if you ever bleed the brakes with the "pump the pedal" method on an older, possibly neglected car with an iron master cylinder, that you should find out where the brake pedal travel stops before you take anything apart and then place blocks of wood or something under there to prevent the pedal from going any further. The reason for this is because as water is absorbed by the brake fluid, it will rust the inside walls of the master cylinder that the piston doesn't touch. If you pump the brake pedal all the way to the floor when you bleed it, the rust will cut the seals on the piston and you'll get a leak which will probably fill up your brake booster diaphragm before leaking out... :p
 
Well, I've decided to buy the Motive product. And yes I could build it and save $20 but it's not worth the trouble to me :) Hopefully it works as well as everyone says.
 
yes I did buy it, it's sitting in my living room :) seeing as though its literally 0*F in MI right now.

PM me in a month or two to hear my comments, it should work just fine with how many other had positive things to say about it.

Steve
 
kinda left this thread for dead.. I used the motive bleeder recently and it worked great!! Instead of just bleeding the brakes I completely flushed the lines and it didn't take much time at all.
 
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