What's the best way to bleed the brakes on a 69?

[John H.]

Re: What's the best way to bleed the brakes on a 69?

Does the air tank that you pump up just have air for the pressure or does it push fluid into the reservoir as well?

What pressure do you pump it up to?

If it pumps fluid into the reservoir then how do you prevent it from spilling fluid when you remove the cover from the master cylinder?

Greg -

You put fresh brake fluid in the bottle and pump it up to about 10 psi, walk around the car once and bleed each caliper, and you're done; they also have handy vented bleeder bottles with tethers on them.

When done, you bleed off the air pressure in the bottle at the cap, put a rag under the master cylinder, and remove the adapter. If I used it more often, I'd add 1/2"-long extensions to the bottom of the adapter at each of the two fluid inlet holes, and put a vacuum on the fluid hose to withdraw the excess fluid before removing the adapter.