Brake bleeder

["Phemister, George - AFN" <PHEMISG@tc.gc.ca>]

By a strange coincidence, the brake bleeder topic is being discussed on
the BMW digest : here is one interesting solution:


From: kevin@vulcanind.com (Kevin L. Lee)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:41:36 -0600
Subject: RE: <tech question> What's the best hydraulic bleed gizmo??

William,

I just purchased a Brake Reservoir Cap Adapter from The Ultimate Garage
(http://www.ultimategarage.com).  Price $30.00.  To use this cap I
purchased the following items:

	1 - Quick Change adapter (sold by the air compressors in the
tool
department at Home depot -  $4.00)
	1 - 1 gal home garden sprayer (Home Depot - $11.00)
	1 - Tractor tire air nipple (bolt down type that uses a nut and
washers
to seal the air in - NAPA auto parts $3.00)
	1 - Liter of ATE Super Blue racing fluid (The Ultimate Garage -
$10.00)

I removed the spray hose from the home garden sprayer and attached an
old
air compressor hose in its place.  I connected the Quick Change adapter
to
the other end of the air hose (this air hose still had the original
hardware attached to the end).  I then drilled a 5/8ths inch hole in to
the
top of the home garden sprayer and attached the tractor tire air nipple.

Directions for use:

1) Attach the Brake Reservoir Cap Adapter to the brake reservoir.
2) Pour the brake fluid in to the home garden sprayer
3) Screw the pump back in to the sprayer
4) Pump up or charge (with an air compressor attached to the Tractor
tire
nipple) the sprayer with 20psi of pressure.  (you can check this with a
standard tire guage, on the tractor tire air nipple.
5) Attach the quick change adapter to the Brake Reservoir cap adapter.
(I
advise you put a large rag around this connection, before you disengage
it.)
6) Loosen the first bleed screw and wait for the blue fluid to exit from
the brakes.