One Man Brake Bleed

[fourwheeler]

Does anyone have any experience or do you own a brake bleeding kit? I'm looking for a quality kit and am looking for recommendations. Anyone use a kit that hooks up to an air compressor?

Thanks for the suggestions in advance,

[adu1982]

did my brake fluid drainage on my wife's concorde 98 (first time I did it too) with a cheap autozone (or napa) cheapo one man kit (i think 8 or 9 bucks, a little bottle).

I have to do it as I replaced the corde brake proportioning valves' that were leaking. brakes are now way way better than in a long time, car was at about 170k. It is now 3-4 k later and all ok.

Just be careful with the little container it fills up fast if you do not have much air in the system. Maybe after 4 brake pedal pushes....

So i guess better go with a better bottle container, but if you're ok with going back and forth.....it is very easy and cheap.

So buy the cheapo kit, open the brake drain valve a bit and hook up the plastic tube. Attach the little bottle somewhere higher than the brake valve and stomp the brake 3-4 times. Tighten with your fingers the valve, take and empty the little bottle, check the brake fluid (front car by engine brake fluid level) and do it again until you see no little bubbles in the little hose...

[turbofrank@verizon]

Buy cheapie by the time you finish bleeder will be oil covered. At lease mine usually are and i trash them .

[efontana]

Go to the junkyard, get a brake reservoir cap, drill a hole in it, add a simple fitting
that allows you to hookup a hose to your compressor, add like 2-3 psi from the compressor
open the nut, it forces the fluid out. Just don't let fluid get to low or add too much pressure,
keep checking the fluid and add if necessary, also, start with wheel furthest from the
master cylinder.