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...I would get my girlfriend to pump the brakes while I bleed the brakes. Of couse she didn't understand what we we're trying to do and I would get all uptight doing it. We eventually got married and then divorsed.

20 years later we get back togeather and we are talking and she says she'll do anything for me except help me bleed brakes. Out of nowhere she says this. She said it sucked so bad when she tried to help me that she advised her 2 daughters to never help to bleed brakes. She remembered how stressed I made her while trying to bleed them.

I told her no worries now I have a pressure bleeder.
Good luck with yours, looks like you have the right tool for the job.

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This is the exact reason I'm not asking Kim to help me.... Don't want her to even know I'm bleeding the brakes (or anything else on the car for that matter). I want to stay married and have a good day tinkering with my Daytona...

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I too am usually working as a one man band. I bought a similar kit a couple of years ago. It works great. No more brake fluid mess all over everything including the floor.

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i made my own pressure bleeder,plate of aluminum,a rubber gasket w/ slot in center so psi will get to both sides of resevior,and a hose in the middle of the plate. put air psi in the hose through a regulator at 5-10 psi. start at zero,and crank it up slow. i use c clamps,or whatever to fasten the plate to the master cyl. bleed a few times and ck level...works great,im always by myself.

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I did the same exact thing years ago...used a metal plate with a piece of flat rubber glued to it to help seal to the master cylinder.

I do have a vacuum one too (mighty vac) setup that is good in alot of situations as well.

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You can get this at harbor freight for $40

http://www.harborfreight.com/mityvac-vacuum-pump-39522.html

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You can get this at harbor freight for $40

http://www.harborfreight.com/mityvac-vacuum-pump-39522.html

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I have had one of these for years. Cannot do without it. Makes brake bleeding EASY.

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One small tip - before bleeding the brakes wrap the bleeders in a little teflon tape - helps prevent air from being pulled past the threads of the bleeder. I close the bleeder, pull a vacuum and then crack the bleeder screw, and it pulls the fluid right through.

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I do have a real pressure bleeder that I use which is worth it's weigh in gold.
OT a little. When I was teenager, I would get my girlfriend to pump the brakes while I bleed the brakes. Of couse she didn't understand what we we're trying to do and I would get all uptight doing it. We eventually got married and then divorsed.

20 years later we get back togeather and we are talking and she says she'll do anything for me except help me bleed brakes. Out of nowhere she says this. She said it sucked so bad when she tried to help me that she advised her 2 daughters to never help to bleed brakes. She remembered how stressed I made her while trying to bleed them.

I told her no worries now I have a pressure bleeder.

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whats wrong with putting a rubber hose on the bleeder screw and putting the other end in a soda bottle with a bit of brake fluid covering the other end of the hose, open the bleeder screw then slowly pump the brakes?
i have been bleeding brakes this way for the last 20 years without problems.
best of all it doesn't cost you anything for the home made tool.

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whats wrong with putting a rubber hose on the bleeder screw and putting the other end in a soda bottle with a bit of brake fluid covering the other end of the hose, open the bleeder screw then slowly pump the brakes?
i have been bleeding brakes this way for the last 20 years without problems.
best of all it doesn't cost you anything for the home made tool.

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What do you mean whats wrong? Don't you want new tools? Its always a good reason to buy stuff. Yeah, I guess your way works too, but jeez, new stuff ROXXX

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Just got this same one the other day.
Still don't know how to use it though...