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Nick Bradshaw:
What do you think of this?


"Appendix 2 Brake Bleeding by Padraic Smyth, Ireland

I have been using a easy and clean way of bleeding the brakes on my Series III which works really well and does away with a helper having to pump the pedal like mad.
All you need is a short tube about 12" long and a syringe with a capacity of 20 to 30mls. Firstly drain most of the brake fluid from the resevoir. Fill the syringe with brake fluid, open the bleeder nipple, connect the syringe/tube to the nipple and inject its contents into the brake line. Next close of the nipple and hey presto! your brake will be rock hard as all the air has nowhere to go but out through the reservoir. Repeat for each drum as per your workshop manual (remember to reduce the fluid content in the reservoir after each brake is bled).


There is sufficient fluid in the syringe to fill the brake line and partly fill the resevoir. A quick and easy solution to an awkward job."

ian_s:
i dont see how that would work
the bleed nipples are at the highest point in the cylinder (ish) so that the air has nowhere else to go. if all you do is push fluid in through there, it wont necessarily force the air along the brake lines :?
i'm not explaining that well i know.

on the other hand, if you used the syringe to suck the air out of the system, that should work!

carbore:
I agree with Ian_S that it wont work same reasons and as the pipes branch out there is nothing to stop air passing into the other lines you are not working on.

You need to bleed from the master cylinder to the bleed nipple.

I have been using a £12 EZ bleed from Hal fords for years, but recently purchased a MAC bleeder form a garage auction, yet to try it, but it draws the fluid out under suction but to be honest the EZ bleed was fine.

ian_s:
i use an EZ bleed kit, it rocks!
the only problem i had was when i tried to use a tyre that was at 50psi for some reason, it blew the seal between the reservoir and the cylinder

carbore:
Mine is the one you stick on the bleed nipple and press the pedal as per normal. The problem is that the hose has gone opaque so I now have my new fancy job, still no use if I cant undo one of my bleeding bleeding nipples

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