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- From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for one-man brake bleeding tools?
- Keywords: hydraulic brake fluid bleeding
- Message-ID: <3123@contex.contex.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 15:00:02 GMT
- References: <5889@airs.com>
- Sender: news@contex.contex.com
- Organization: Xyvision Design Systems
- Lines: 27
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- In article <5889@airs.com> andrew@airs.com (Andrew Evans) writes:
- >Hi net.motorheads,
- >
- >I need a tool that will allow me to bleed my brakes without an
- >assistant to pump the brake pedal.
-
- Yeah, I though about this for too long. Finally, I went out and got
- one of those hand pump things. What a pain. But then, I modified it
- but using some of the provided accessories, and it works great.
-
- I bought 15' of small vac hose, and ran it from an available vac port
- to the guage port on the gizmo. Start the car, and you have infinite
- vac with no drawback. Brake fluid goes in to the cup; follow the rest
- of the directions provided. The one other accessory you might want is
- a spring loaded clamp so you can clamp this whole assembly to
- something like the axle, disk, or fender and have zero-hand operation.
-
- Much much much better than anything else I have ever heard of or seen.
-
- Total cost is about $70. Expected lifetime with occasional use is
- indefinite. Check the CAP and AutoPalace chains locally for all the
- parts.
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