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08-24-2008, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Ocean City,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates > 351w
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brakes
Any tricks to bleeding brakes when you are all alone?
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08-24-2008, 12:49 PM
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Location: Palm Coast,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby American CSX 4241 - authentically built
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Gravity bleed. Fill the master, open the bleeder (one at a time), let it flow out for a while until you don't see air bubbles, and keep the master full. It works the same as using a friend, just takes longer.
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CSX 4241, KMP 357 - sold and missed, CSX 4819 - cancelled, FFR 5132 - sold
See my car at CSXinfo.net here >> CSX 4241
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08-24-2008, 01:44 PM
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Location: Virginia Beach,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #250
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power bleeder
Get a Power Bleeder...I have one and it works great...Mac
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08-24-2008, 02:02 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
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Vaccum pump.
You remove the bleeder and put some thread sealer on it. Make sure the bleeder will seat okay and the hole is open.
Connect the vaccum plate to a mason jar. Run one hose to the vaccum pump and the other to the bleeder nipple. Pump out the air. Shut the bleeder when you see a steady stream of fluid.
Hope this helps.
BTW, Harbor freight tools has the vaccum pumps for $20.00. If you can go to a store, it is PN 92474.
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08-24-2008, 02:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CONMAN
Any tricks to bleeding brakes when you are all alone?
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Use a broom stick. Pump the pedal and then wedge the broom with the pole against the pedal and the straw end against your seat. Then go crack the bleed fitting and retighten. Then go back remove the broom and do it again. I've bled brakes this way for over 30 years; I've never had a family member that could pay attention and follow instructions when I would say "OK pump, hold, now you can release."  |
08-24-2008, 02:05 PM
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There is always the "leaning brick" method.
You get a board that you can get to lean against the brake pedal. You put three or four spikes in it to hold your average brick ( or anything else with good weight ). Attach the brick to the board and then lean the board against the pedal.
Open the bleeder. Wait. Close the bleeder. Pull board back. Lean Board again.
Repeat until you get steady fluid.
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08-24-2008, 02:07 PM
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08-24-2008, 02:09 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trularin
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Nope; brother, parents, wife, kids, no one could keep on task.... Gimmee the broom stick any day.  |
08-24-2008, 04:42 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #570 w Shelby FE
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A piece of vinyl tubing and an aquarium check valve, seal the threads on the bleeder with some teflon tape.
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08-24-2008, 06:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Holderness, NH, US of A,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4772 old iron FE
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A clever old fella I know used to use a master cylinder cap with a small tube brazed into it. He'd hook an inner tube valve stem to the cap with a hose and go round at his leisure bleeding brakes, clutch whatever. The common cap was an old Girling as a matter of fact. The Mityvac mentioned works well too. It's the same thing from the other end.
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08-24-2008, 08:50 PM
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Location: Richmond, Virginia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance Brock Coupe
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POWER BLEEDER -- bar none.
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08-25-2008, 07:43 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, supercharged Coyote
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Buy a set of Speed Bleeders from Russell.
I bleed mine about 6-8 times a year; after every track day. I tried the vacuum pump. Doesn't work so well for me. Then I did the broom stick, which worked perfectly, but very time consuming.
I have Wilwood brakes, so I needed 8 speed bleeders. I connect one catch bottle to a bleeder in the front, and the matching one in the back. Gently pump the brakes 10 times. Done. Move on to the next pair. Takes less than an hour now to do all 8 ports.
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08-25-2008, 07:54 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Hurricane HM1073 Keith Craft Genesis 427FE/482 CI
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ditto on the speed bleeders. Great cheap investment. Got mine at Advanced Auto.
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08-25-2008, 07:44 PM
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Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
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Pressure bleeding is the only way to go. I've tried everything but the pressure bleeding is the cleanest, easiest and fastest way to do it. And remember, if you have dual master cylinders you should bleed right/left and not front/back.
Roscoe
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11-11-2008, 03:24 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF - 351W, 944 non-turbo
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I've got SPF #642. Is there anyway to know (without getting under the car) which size power bleeder to get?
Bob
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11-11-2008, 05:25 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: # 757 ERA 427 SC , 482 Al. big block
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One little "trick" is to lightly tap the caliper as you bleed it ... it helps dislodge any air bubbles that may be hiding in weird places . Those little critters can be a pain to get out .
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11-11-2008, 06:25 PM
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Bob,
Power bleeder attaches to the Master cylinder by replacing the cap. So unless the SPF resivour is under the car you should be able to get the right power bleeder that will fit your resivour.
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11-11-2008, 08:03 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF - 351W, 944 non-turbo
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My mistake, I meant speed bleeders.
Bob
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11-12-2008, 04:17 AM
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Location: Jacksonville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 695HP aluminum FE
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Brake bleeding
Since these cars are small, has anyone tried using a long piece of clear tubing and running it back to the master cylinder. Couldn't you clip it to the master cylinder, open the bleeder and just pump until fluid was flowing without bubbles? You could even tap the caplier as suggested to dislodge air repeatedly.
Any thoughts???
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