Thanks for the tips on this everybody.  I have used it as Mike
suggests below, but I need to flush the brakes on my Golf and Vanagon
and figured I could make a day of it and really put the thing to use.
Edward

At 06:11 PM 12/4/2010, Mike S wrote:
>At 02:07 PM 12/4/2010, Edward Maglott wrote...
>>I got a very nice used brake pressure bleeder...The fluid is sort
>>of blue-green.
>
>It was probably ATE Super Blue fluid. I've got a Motive bleeder, and
>they recommend using denatured alcohol to clean it out. 99%
>isopropyl would probably work, and is easy to find, as is
>non-denatured Everclear. I've never had to, because I don't put
>fluid in it, just use it as a handy pressure source. I top up the
>car's reservoir, bleed one brake, top up again, do the next, &c.
>It's a little bit more work, but no muss, no fuss.