Motive brake bleeder

[Robert B.]

Re: motiv brake bleeder

I just finished bleeding my '66 power brake system. I had replaced the calipers, rebuilt the MC, and flushed out the brake lines so everything was clean. After one operator screw up - I had rolled over the primary seal on the primary piston, and hadn't realized it, so I had to pull the MC off again and replace the seal, the whole bleeding process only took about 20 minutes. What a great system!! I found that starting with each reservoir about half full, after I had bled the brakes, released the pressure and removed the pressure adapter, the reservoir was still just over half full. Didn't spill a drop.
I had been trying to get them bled with a vacuum bleeder to no avail - the only thing those vacuum units are good for is removing old fluid from the MC!

Bob

[Michael B.]

Re: motiv brake bleeder

I did the same as David Olson today and when I first bled the system new, just unscrewed the Motiv to relieve pressure and it pulled fluid back into the tank with no leaks.

Cheers.

Michael B.

[Brian M.]

Re: motiv brake bleeder

I prefer the Vacula system which sucks fluid thru the system with shop air.

[Edward B.]

Re: motiv brake bleeder

This discussion makes the time-tested two-person method look pretty good.

[Mike T.]

Re: motiv brake bleeder

Ed - I agree, the two-person method was the simplest approach but as the years passed by and there were fewer and fewer local 'wrenchers' around to help out when needed, that's the reason I moved on to the Motive Bleeder.

[Michael F.]

Re: motiv brake bleeder

I use the gravity system and just do other things in the garage and keep an eye of the fluid level, to cheap to go high tech I guess.