Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: cudadoug]
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As long as the master is bench bled I use the $6 one man bleeder. The process is easy and gives a firm pedal without having to have two people.
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: cudadoug]
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12/28/14 02:28 AM
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MityVac is your best friend for one- man brake bleeding. I suggest a tall glass salsa jar over the small reservoir that comes with the kit.
Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they are not out to get you.
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: kab69440]
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12/28/14 12:37 PM
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try this: bench bleed the master, get everything installed, topped off, ready to go. pump the brakes a few times then jam a 2x4 between the brake pedal and the seat frame. open / close a bleeder, repeat.
The 2x4 does exactly what a 2nd body would do - hold the brake pedal down. Yeah, its a pain goin back and forth 12 times to repump the pedal but it works.
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: cudadoug]
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12/29/14 04:47 AM
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finadk
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I have the HF one and am very happy with it
Scott
1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer (408 Stroker, 4 Wheel Disc Brakes, Rack & Pinion, 6 speed)
2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab
1976 Corvette
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: Leadfoot]
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I built a pressure bleeder for work. Basically it's a pressure regulator with the appropriate cap for the master cylinder being used attached by a hose. I top up the master and connect the bleeder, attach an air line and set pressure to about 10psi. Then I go to the right rear and open the bleeder until fluid runs, repeat for the other 3 corners. Check the fluid level after each corner.
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: cudadoug]
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12/29/14 10:50 PM
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I use my significant other. Just did the same to my 67 Belvedere and it took us less than 15 minutes. I have heard great things about the mighty vac but was too impatient to wait on it and took the chance that my wife and I wouldn't kill each other when I asked he to help. 
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: cudatom]
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12/29/14 11:21 PM
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I use my significant other. Just did the same to my 67 Belvedere and it took us less than 15 minutes.
I have heard great things about the mighty vac but was too impatient to wait on it and took the chance that my wife and I wouldn't kill each other when I asked he to help.
I got my girlfriend when she was about 16-18 years old in like 1978-80 to help me bleed brakes, several times back in the day on my RT challenger. It didn't go very well each time we tried it. I'm sure I was very impatient and barely knew what I was doing.
It went so bad in fact that she taught both our daughters to never help bleed brakes 25 years later. She never forgot and said it was a bad experience for her back in the day. 
By the time I was 24 or 25 I got a pressure brake bleeder and have doing them by myself ever since.
Here's some master cylinder adapters. It's great for flushing brake lines also which I use it for on my old cars.
Holds a gallon of brake fluid and has a diaphragm that keeps the fluid away from the air. I store it with fluid in it for almost 30 years now. It's been rebuilt several times with new hardware, the diaphragm is still original. It was used when I bought it. Actually I never bought it, a shop owner gave it to me when he was closing shop. He thought the diaphragm was bad, it wasn't. I helped him/hung out a lot at his shop for free before it closed.
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
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12/29/14 11:32 PM
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I tried a Mighty Vac. Then I threw it away. That six dollar job will work just fine. In fact. You don't even need that. Just run a tight fitting line from the bleeder screw to a jar half filled with brake fluid. Make sure the bottom of line is below the fluid level in the jar. Crack the screw open and slowly pump the brakes. It acts as an air lock so the air bubbles don't get sucked back in. Close the screw and move on to the next one.
For all you guys that don't earn your living as a full time auto mechanic in a flat rate repair shop, where someone isn't going to stop what they're doing, to help you bleed brakes, this is all that you need to do.
I jury rigged this set up from a windex bottle, and some tip from some sort of squeeze bottle.
Stick a rubber hose into the bottle, with about of inch of fluid in the bottle.
Put the other end onto the bleeders screw.
Open the bleeder screw, and pump the pedal.
Just keep your eye on the fluid level in the master cylinder reservoir, refill as necessary, to you feel your done with that side.
Close the bleeder screw, and move onto the other side.
Repeat the process on each side until your done.
Easy, peasy, and it won't cost you anything, tool wise.
Jim V.
RF-4C Phantom 69-370 Zweibrucken, Germany
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Re: Brake bleeder tools?
[Re: cudadoug]
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12/30/14 04:55 PM
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When I first started using the Mity-Vac to bleed brakes is seemed like, no matter how long I pumped, I'd still get some air bubbles in the clear hose...then I realized the vacuum was pulling air in around the threads of the bleeder screw.
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), close it and go to the next farthest and work your way forward 
A mighty vac works good also for one man bleeding when in a hurry 
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