Motive Products power bleeders

[thatK30guy]

Some nice stuff but a little more spendy than I want to do: http://store.motiveproducts.com/sha...reType=BtoC&Count1=696102321&Count2=613242745

I remember reading somewhere (I think Pirate) of a homemade bleeder much like the MP type.
Someone fabbed it from a universal 1 gallon sprayer and a reservoir cap from whatever master cylinder you have.
Anyone know the link to this fabbed bleeder?

 

[ktmoutfront]

I have done the weed sprayer bleeder. The stock cap needs to be strapped onto the master cylinder. I ended up making a cap out of 1/4" aluminum plate with J hooks and chain like shown on the Motive bleeder. A rubber, not foam gasket needs to be made, or cut a stock one up. I just wish I remembered who I loaned it to before I moved.

 

[RudyO]

Your post got me to looking at the DIY sites. Three styles I found:

Coleman sipper bottle- http://p-car.com/diy/bleeder/
Weed sprayer- http://www.moalachat.com/showthread.php?t=1627
Propane tank- look for How to build your own power bleeder- Richie Shields.

Was also one on a Mercedes site, but couldn't open it.

The way the weed sprayer one in the above article looked, am not sure how long the metal pieces would stay attached to the canister. The propane tank article looks like a more durable way to go, but very few pics. It was on a photo share site.

Then I found this: http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/campingart/jettatech/bleeder/index.htm This looks to be about what you described. Good Luck!

 

[ktmoutfront]

One thing you do not want to do is use the handle to pump up pressure. It pumps air into the fluid.

 

[dhcomp]

I bought the motive one. Had to get it done fast, figured i'd get the right stuff. The pressure container is decent, but the plastic resovoir cap wiht little chains and hooks and junk does not seal well. It flexes when you crank it down with enough pressure to hold and leaks. I will build my own cap, or use an extra stock one i have if i need to use it again. No complaints on the pressure resovoir, i just get irriated when i spend good money to make something easier, and i end up wishing i had DIY cause it would have WORKed better.

 

[jarheadk5]

Hell, I just used a chunk of steel plate (with a piece of tire inner tube as a gasket and a hole drilled through it) to cover the reservoir, and a blowgun VERY carefully modulated to pressure-bleed brakes today after replacing calipers. Worked like a champ.

 

[zombiyjay76]

Anybody ever try the one from Harbor Freight?

 

[ktmoutfront]

Anybody ever try the one from Harbor Freight?

If you are asking about the vacuum style, they suck. The bleeders leak around the threads, so you can not tell if the lines are free of air.

 

[dheavychevy38]

What kind of psi is safe to use ? I might have to try something like this.

 

[RudyO]

20 - 30 psi seems to be the most recommended. One site mentioned 50 psi is where you start blowing seals and things.

 

[zombiyjay76]

If you are asking about the vacuum style, they suck. The bleeders leak around the threads, so you can not tell if the lines are free of air.

I was wondering about their power bleeder.

 

[jarheadk5]

What kind of psi is safe to use ? I might have to try something like this.

The factory service manual for my **** says 10psi max to pressure-bleed.