Just put some clear plastic tubing (e.g. fish tank tubing) on the bleeder
nipple, put a loop in it so it doesn't flow via gravity, and run it to a catch
jar. Or get one of those little white plastic containers with the tubing
already attached (I've used one with good results) from one of the discount auto
parts stores. You'll be able to see the bubbles in the fluid and then see the
desired no bubbles in the fluid as you run fluid through the system.
Speed bleeders are the way to go IMHO and you can easily do it by yourself. I'm
teaching my son about "real" brake bleeding on his Mercury Tracer using the old
pump up the pedal, loosen the bleeder, tighten the bleeder...and so on. I'll
tell him about speed bleeders later once he's learned how to do it the hard way.
Bud
71TR6 CC57365
71TR6 CC65446
66TR4A CTC57806
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Subject: Follow up question on speed/easy bleeders
Author: Aribert_Neumann@magna.on.ca
Date: 05/21/1999 7:36 AM
Since I started the discussion concerning the use of a Mity-vac for brake
bleeding, I would like to ask a few specific technique questions using
speedbleeders. To those of you who use these, are you able to bleed the
brakes by yourselves without an assistant looking for the cessation of air
bubbles? As I understand it, the check valve in the bleed screw eliminates
the necessity of opening and closing the bleed screw for each pump of the
master cylinder. How do you know when all the air is purged from a
particular brake line if you are inside of the vehicle pumping the brakes.
It seems as if I still need an assistant as an observer. If you are doing
a few pumps and then going to the caliper / wheel cylinder to look for air
bubbles in the purge hose attached to the speedbleeder, how much pumping do
you do before looking at the purge hose?
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Subject: Follow up question on speed/easy bleeders
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