Tabe Johnson wrote:
> There are lots of ways to bleed brakes and clutch.  I made
> a pressure bleeder like this:
>
> 1) Get spare brake fluid reservoir LID from junkyard
> 2) Get a tire valve with a nut on it (they're for trucks) at tire shop
> 3) drill hole in lid for tire valve
> 4) goop up tire valve where it seals with lid with silicone or somesuch
> 5) put tire valve in, gently tighten nut on tire valve.  Watch goo ooze.
> 6) Ooze, goo, ooze.  Blue goo goes Ooze.  Oozy goo!
> 7) Wait for the silicone or whatever you used to dry
> 8) Install lid on reservoir.
> 9) Put a hand bicycle pump on, pump a few strokes. Careful, now.
> 10) Loosen bleeder bolt as usual
> 11) All done!

thanks for the instructions but now I've got a question.

Typically, when I've bled brakes before was to connect a bleed kit (hose
and cup) to the bleeder on one wheel (or in this case possible the slave
cylinder), pump the brake pedal (or in this case possibly the clutch
pedal) a few times, add fluid to the reservoir, and repeat until no air
comes out of the bleeder and only fluid flows into the cup.

How does using a pump to pressurize the reservoir do anything different?

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Wil