I know vacuum bleeders don't work well on hydraulic clutches; how about
pressure bleeders? The design of the Alpine hydraulic system makes it almost
impossible to get the last bit of air out of the slave cylinder and I have
often thought that a pressure bleeder might do the trick.
> From: paul.mele@usermail.com
> To: dmscheidt@gmail.com; arvidj@visi.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:18:21 -0400
> CC: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders
>
> I use one I made myself. It's a quart jar, a lid that has two barbed hose
> fittings epoxied in place, and some pieces of Tygon tubing. Works fine on
> everything I've ever used it on. (Which is lots of stuff. Nothing with
> SlowBleeders in them, though.)
>
>
> I use the older version of the HF Bernoulli pump
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96677
>
>
> for sucking down AC, along with the home made trap as above.
> works on the MR2's (Mk 1), BMW's, and trucks
>
> PM
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