DIY brake bleeder

["Stella Chia" <stelc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All

On reading the discussions on brake bleeding , I thought I'd share this DIY
idea from the Mercedes Benz list.  I haven't tried it but it sounds very
humourous AND credible(and possibly for clutch bleeding).  Someone might to
try it and post the results on the Digest.

Andrew
71 1300 GTj



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From: Tim Messenger <bbeinc@domain.elided>
To: The List <mercedes@domain.elided>

|I replaced the flex hoses and rebuilt the master cylinder on my 240 D
|this weekend and had a chance to try  my Tube-O-Bleed (tm) on this car ,
|( worked very well ).
|
|Get a 2" mountain bike tube ( about $2 at Walmart ) and cut it off about
|10" on either side of the valve,  plug one end ( I cut the end off a
|hammer handle which I found in my barn and put an hose clamp around it )
|stretch the tube over the reservoir opening and put a turn of bailing
|wire around the bottom of the tube to hold it in place, pump it up so
|you have a balloon about 12" long and 4" diameter,  this will produce a
|nice steady flow of fluid at the nipple. Note: The Tube-O-Bleed will
|work on any car.
|
|Tim


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The tread go on on with attaching a bottle (1 litre Pepsi)  at the opposite
end to hold new fluid too!

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