Bleeding Brakes and ABS

[Elliott Potter]

miataman wrote:
> 
> Hi Fans,
> I have a 1993 90 sport Q and was just told from a local repair shop that
> due to the abs you need
> special tools to bleed the brakes.....  

Bull$$$t.  You can bleed them by having an assistant pump the pedal, or
you can buy a $10 cap with an air hose fitting to force compressed air
through the reservoir.

> I just replaced the front pads
> and rotors and have air in the lines....  Will it work to use the old
> fashioned method of having one person press the pedal
> and one to turn the bleeder valve????  

Yes

> He said that the abs would not
> work after this..   He wants $110 to bleed the system and replace all
> the fluid.....  Is that a good price???

That's the worst price I've ever seen; run away from this guy and don't
go back!  And tell us who he is, so none of us go there either.  He's
either trying to rip you off, or he doesn't know what he's talking
about.

> My abs is definitely not working now due the the air in the line.....

Bleed them like normal, and you should be fine.  You won't get all the
air out pushing on the pedal, but it works OK.
--
Elliott