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From digest.v4.n666 Fri May 31 19:36:49 1996
From: "Steve D'Gerolamo" <steved3_at_village.ios.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 21:10:14 -0400
Subject: Brake Bleeders
I purchased the Imparts brake bleeder several years ago...it turned out to
be a Mityvac vacuum pump with a bottle and some tubing to suck the fluid
past the bleeder valve. It didn't work very well and I gave it away.
Unfortunately, unless you have an air compressor or spend big bucks on a
German "Sterious" bleeder with electric pump, there are not too many options
besides manually bleeding. However, Assenmacher Specialty Tools in Boulder,
Colorado has a reservoir cap adapter (TA18) that takes a male air fitting
and allows for pressurizing the brake system with anything from a bicycle
pump or Stant cooling system pressure pump to a shop air compressor. By
pressurizing the system (try to stay under 25psi), you can open the bleeder
valves and force the old fluid out of each of the lines. Make sure to keep
an eye on the reservoir level....you don't want to pump air into the system.
{I've seen people use an old reservoir cap with the air fitting epoxied into
the center...worked fine but took a little longer to bleed the system due to
lower working pressures} SD
Steve D'Gerolamo c/o The Parts Co-op (201-262-0412)
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