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#1212087 - 04/10/06 01:08 AM
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And after watching my neighbor use one of these, I ordered one too.
Should make bleeding a breeze. Plus, I can use it on other cars now or down the road. I also like the fact that I wont be such a bum about maintenance I should be doing. My brake fluid is NASTY, so I should be able to push plenty of new fluid through with minimal fuss.
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i have heard tons of good things about power bleeders like that.
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After watching one in use I decided their aint no way Im pedal pumping. Just attach this thing to the resevoir, pressurize, going around and turn each bleeder, done. So simple, a caveman could do it *watches out for surviving cave men*
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Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
So simple, a caveman could do it *watches out for surviving cave men*
Love those commercials...
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how do you keep from making a big mess when you are done?
i figure you de-pressurize it but what about the fact that the reservior if now full to the top.
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You tip the tank over so that no fluid is near the pickup and open the bleeder closest to the MC. One the level in the MC gets down to the max line, close bleeder. Depressurize and detach.
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ahh...very simple...blah
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I've got one, and it just ends up being a big hassle to use it. I still prefer a manual approach. I only use the pressure bleeder when I can't find someone to apply the pedal.
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Originally posted by Rara:
I've got one, and it just ends up being a big hassle to use it. I still prefer a manual approach. I only use the pressure bleeder when I can't find someone to apply the pedal.
I got a check valve thingy now so I don't even need another person.
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Speed bleeder? 
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
I got a check valve thingy now so I don't even need another person.
I have speed bleeders but haven't installed them. so they actually work OK?
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Originally posted by JEDsContour:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
I got a check valve thingy now so I don't even need another person.
I have speed bleeders but haven't installed them. so they actually work OK?
Yep, better than vacuum bleeders. Vacuum bleeders NEVER get the job fully done as they tend to suck air from around the threads of the bleeder screw cos it's the path of least resistance.
Like Rara, I prefer the manual approach. Speed Bleeders are the way to go, without a doubt.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
Originally posted by JEDsContour:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
I got a check valve thingy now so I don't even need another person.
I have speed bleeders but haven't installed them. so they actually work OK?
Yep, better than vacuum bleeders. Vacuum bleeders NEVER get the job fully done as they tend to suck air from around the threads of the bleeder screw cos it's the path of least resistance.
Like Rara, I prefer the manual approach. Speed Bleeders are the way to go, without a doubt.
Speed bleeders FTW!
For our cars the size is m10x1.0 
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Originally posted by Mid Life Crisis:
Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
So simple, a caveman could do it *watches out for surviving cave men*
Love those commercials...
mmmmmmmmm roasted duck with mango salsa.
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Originally posted by elraido:
Originally posted by Mid Life Crisis:
Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
So simple, a caveman could do it *watches out for surviving cave men*
Love those commercials...
mmmmmmmmm roasted duck with mango salsa.
I don't have much of an appetite, thank you.
But I do have speed bleeders.
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So I got around to doing the flush today and Ill say thing thing worked like a champ. Aint nothing doing but opening up the bleeder and waiting for clear fluid. Close bleeder and move on. Hardest part was taking off the wheels 
On another note, one review of this product mentioned the potential to hurt the braking system with too much PSI (at the max of the bottle, 20 PSI ) due to some components operating at ambient pressure (review was linked from the product companies website). This was on a Porche if it matters. Anyway, I didnt go over 10 PSI (as they thought was safe in the article). I didnt see anyting in my manuals about PSI maxes, so I stayed on the cautious side. It did require me to pump the thing back up once or twice, but whatever. Any thoughts on this?
Here is the section that mentions this:
Originally posted by European Car:
The one-man system worked surprisingly
well. The only problem we envisioned
was that the unit pressurizes a
portion of the braking system designed
to work at only ambient pressures.
The car’s brake pressure is increased
by the movement of a piston inside the
master cylinder when the connecting rod
of the brake pedal presses against it.
The boosted pressure on the fluid is
immediately transferred to the caliper’s
pistons. The caliper pistons, in turn,
transmit this action to the brake pads,
causing them to squeeze against the
brake discs and slow the vehicle.
The tubes that feed hydraulic fluid to
the master cylinder from the reservoir,
however, are outside the pressurized system.
Thus, in a 911, they are merely
pressed into their receptacles on the
master cylinder with rubber grommets.
Subjected to the pressure of the Power
Bleeder, the passive seals of these tubes
could conceivably be ruptured.
While the instructions suggest keeping
the pressure in the tank below 20 psi, we
kept it under 10 psi for fear of blowing
out these feed tubes. Yet, even at this
lower level the Power Bleeder made
flushing the system extremely easy.
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