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HOW TO: Make your own brake bleeder for cheap

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This is a really easy to use brake bleeder you can make yourself from Camry parts. You will have to have access to a help yourself auto wreckers, almost all of them will have the cars/parts you need.

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Parts list:
  1. Brake booster vacuum line - 1987-1991 Camry
  2. Vacuum line - 1987-1991 Camry
  3. Vacuum line - just about any Toyota
  4. Vacuum line - 1997-2001 Camry
  5. Brake booster check valve - 1987-1991 Camry
The large line with the elbow (1) goes to the vacuum booster I cut it to length. Thread it onto the check valve, it is just large enough to twist on and forms a good seal. Then just fit the rest together and put the clamps on, done. You can of course use lines from any car, as long as they fit.

The one way valve makes it very easy to bleed the brakes yourself, it prevents fluid and air from being sucked back into the system when you let up on the brake pedal. I've found that it takes about 20 reps of the pedal for the fluid to go from full to a bit below the "low" line on the reservoir. When I'm done, I run some brake cleaner through the lines to get the fluid out, leaving it in will likely degrade at least some of the hoses.

I assembled this right in the yard, the girl charged me for a "fuel line" it was $6-7, could be more or less depending on what they think the contraption is. :lol:

The one way/check valve from a Gen2 Camry is made of metal so it has no trouble standing up to brake fluid. The small line fits snugly over the bleeder nipple, the elbow hooks nicely onto a glass jar.
 
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