I became disgusted at the performance of the mity vac bleeders and
made a pressure bleeder out of a garden sprayer, a hose, a brake
reservoir cap and a barbed brass fitting. It works SO much better than
the mity vac.

There is plenty of material to be found in a google search or in the archives.

Jim

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> � I hope your 'bleeding kit' works better than the one I got recently. �I
> have always used a Motive Power bleeder on my German vehicles with great
> results. �It won't fit on my motorcycle's brake fluid reservioirs,
> however...and the MC I was brake bleeding on has a complex linked brake
> system, front and rear wheels interconnected. �So I got a vacuum bleeder to
> make the job easier...but it sucks air at the bleed valves always. � I've
> tried everything, but I always get a stream of bubbles out of the brake
> bleeder valve/hose junction..Maybe I just haven't tried the proper hose or
> something...I had to use the manual method anyway..
> �Don Hanson
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:07 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone for their help this weekend with the frozen caliper. �It�s
>> definitely dead. �Looking over the old receipt, that one was a rebuilt one
>> and the passenger side was a new one. �I have a list member sending me 2
>> good used calipers that I hope will work out. � This will be the first time
>> I�ve ever bled brakes so I might need some handholding this week when I
>> attempt it. �I bought a bleeding kit that I hope will work better then
>> yelling at my wife from underneath the vehicle. � Removing the caliper
>> looks straightforward. �I see a sample in Ken�s video at
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NGUkfOg6w .
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan
>>