A real one man brake bleeder

[inspectorudy]

I used my new Motive one man brake bleeder today and it is truly a one man operation. You simply put the pump cap onto the reservoir in place of the original cap, pump the tank up to 15 psi and go do some bleeding. They recommend that the reservoir be drained first which I did with a suction bulb. A turkey baster will do as well. The only other items you will need is a short clear hose that will fit on the bleed valve and something to collect the old fluid in and some paper towels. I also found that something that is white, I used a piece of paper towel, is good to put behind the clear hose because it is difficult to see the fluid color change against the black tire. If you go to their web site they will ask you the type auto that you have. This makes it difficult to find your resevoir type. elling them Winnebago or WH chasiss does no good. I have a dual cap resevoir on my W22 and it turned out to be a Chrysler part. They also have a site on their web site to determine what size your cao is. The whole unit was $65 + shipping. The only problem I had was with the short clear hose that comes with the unit for draining the callipers. If you put any angle at allon the part coming from the bleed valve it wants to pop off. If someone makes a hose with a bleed nipple on it, it would be a great improvement. As with my engine oil drain cap, the front brake bleed screws are behind a bracket that supports the hose and ABS sensor. I was able to bend it aside and get to the bleed valve but I would probably unbolt it next time. If they had thought of the owner they would have drilled a hole in front of the bleed valve and made life so much easier. Pictures below. BTW I used a 7/16 box end wrench to loosen the bleed screws. PS. On my resevoir it has two caps so they gave me an extra that doesn't have a vent hole to keep the pressure from leaking out.

[KIX]

On the caliper drain hose...........maybe a 90* elbow in the tubing???

[inspectorudy]

The 90 degree actually needs to be at the nipple. That way the hose can go straight down or straight out which ever way it needs to go to clear any obstacles. Maybe a nylon zip tie would help hold it on until it could be cut off.

[bdaball]

what is the approximate capacityof the jar they provide?
Was it enough to do all four postions?

[inspectorudy]

I put two quarts in it after I refilled the resevoir and had about a pint left. My resevoir held a lot more than I thought. It was almost a quart by itself. I paid about $8/qt and you shouldn't try to keep any that is left over. I think the pressure tank would hold about a gallon. The pickup on the fluid line in the tank is at the very bottom so it should use almost all you put into it. I was very pleased with it. I have the old MightVac that you pump by hand and would have given out long before I got all four brakes done.