by "The Raven" <swilson150@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 1, 2008 at 06:43 PM
"Fraser Johnston" <ftrust@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:67ob8iF2patiaU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> After a scary bit of brake lockup on the weekend I've changed the front
> caliper on the passenger side for a rebuilt one, done the pads and
changed
> the flexi hoses on the FJ60 Landcruiser. Now the bastard of a thing
won't
> bleed. Spent most of the afternoon with a mate pumping the brakes and
> trying to get them bleed but with the new hoses and the new caliper all
> the lines are full of air. Any advice on how to get the air out?
>
> --
> Fraser
Build a vacuum bleeder. Get a large coffee jar (aka Nescafe) and epoxy in
some two tubes (fish tank stuff). Attach one tube to a vacuum source on
your
engine and the other tube to the bleed nipple. With the engine running,
crack open the bleed nipple and the vacuum will draw the brake fluid from
the resovoir. Any excess (as in old brake fluid etc) will dump into the
coffee jar and not be sucked up into the intake of the engine.
Built several of these over the years. Basically a one man operation. Just
keep an eye on the master cylinder level AND that you don't fill the jar
and
have brake fluid being sucked into the intake.
The Raven
