RE: One-person brake bleeding

["Antaki" <wrack@home.com>]

May I humbly suggest the Motive Power Bleeder,
http://www.motiveproducts.com/

I bought one ($40), and it works so well, and is so easy to use, that I have
considered using it to bleed my brakes when I'm bored, just for fun.

I've used it on my Scirocco, Golf, and Vanagon (including the clutch
system). Friends have borrowed it.

It Just Works Great! I have no affiliation with Motive; just got lucky and
saw one in a store.

IMHO

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Antaki

 Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself
to
 it. -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Brian C Barrows
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 2:10 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: One-person brake bleeding
>
>
> I have used three different types on one-man brake bleeders in the past.
>
>
> Vacuum pump (which you said you don't want but I'm talking about is as
> general info.):  I've found them to work, but can be a pain in the @$$.
> I've never gotten a good seal around the bleeder nipple on VWs (better
> luck with other cars, though), and it gets tireing pumping that damn
> thing, especially on the rear brakes.
>
> That bottle thing:  if it's the one I'm thinking of, it worked well
> enough, but was messy and not very durable.  I seem to have to replace
> them every time I use them, and the bag fills up pretty quickly.  I'd
> rather use a second person...
>
> One-way valve: I had one of these a few years ago and lost it.  I've
> never found one since, but it was simply a piece of tubing with a one-way
> valve on the end.  Stick the valve in a bottle, and start hitting the
> brake pedal.  It was beautiful!!  I wish I never lost it...  :-(
>
> B.
>
> '82 Scirocco (a.k.a. "Fritz")
> '85 Jetta
> '87 Porsche 944
>
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 07:25:21 -0500 "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com> writes:
> > How effective are the one-man brake bleeders that are available?  Do
> > they do
> > as well as the two-person method?  I'm thinking about picking up one
> > of the
> > cheap bottle-type kits today.  I don't want to buy one of the vacuum
> > pumps.
> >
> > Aaron
> > '82 Scirocco
> > '84 Scirocco
> > '70 Bug - Hibernating
> > '87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
> >
> >
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