Wil Haslup wrote:

> 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?
>
>
> --
>
> Wil
>
no pumping
One person operation