theiceman

I put a gauge on mine so I know how much I'm pressurizing.

r911

not needed if you have the right touch

theiceman

Oh okay. ( insert roll eyes icon here )

Edward

+1 on the Motive ...been using it for many years. 100x better than my mityvac which used vacuum to draw out fluid from the bleed nipple. Not to mention I had a minor issue with mine and when I emailed them I got an immediate response and they sent me a fix pronto! Great guys there at Motive ...support them!

+1 on using only air, and a few PSI.
a) air only makes brake bleeding a cleaner/faster job than filling/emptying the Motive
b) higher PSI doesn't necessarily make the job any faster, and I'd rather not risk leaking/spraying brake fluid should anything go awry.

Edward

Amber Gramps

What do they cost? This looks like a steal...

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Jimmerb

Thanks for the help and advice in this thread. I finished the brake and hydraulic clutch bleeding today with the Motive power bleeder for my '88 Carrera. I went with the "dry" method so I just applied air pressure to the res

Jimmerb

Sorry, inadvertent post. I just applied air pressure (5-10 psi) to the reservoir. Worked fine. I was wondering about the need to clamp off the over flow line if you use the dry method? Doesn't seem necessary but I did it anyway. The Bentley manuel says the brake bleeder valves are 7mm but they're 9mm on my car. The hydraulic clutch is 7mm and it's a B-tch to get to. The clutch fluid was really dirty. Again, thanks for all the help and tips on this forum.

Jimmerb

Having thought about it....if the overflow line wasn't clamped off I wouldn't have been able to apply air pressure via the power bleeder. As Homer Simpson would say Dough!

theiceman

beat me to it .

On mine the backs are 8 and I think the fronts are 9. Bit of a pain as who has a 9mm lying around I bought one especially for this, lost it, and of course had to go buy another.

Conekiller

what did you use to clamp off the line? I tried using some vice grips but it seems like some air is getting through.

theiceman

hemostats

kjchristopher

https://www.harborfreight.com/4-piec...set-65116.html

Jimmerb

I used hemostats, but I like the Harbor Freight clamps. I wonder how many times I can effectively clamp a now 29 year old line before it splits and leaks?

Conekiller

Thanks for the advice I'll give it a try this weekend. I've always done it the old fashioned way but it will be nice to be able to bleed them by myself.

Do do you keep the little "cup/cylinder" in the reservoir or remove it when hooking up the power bleeder?

When doing it manually I usually remove it to fill the reservoir then reinstall it with the cap, pump the brakes etc. Then repeat for each caliper

theiceman

I find it such a pain to get out I just leave it o my car.