Jp7

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I'm looking for the best tool to flush my brake fluid & bleed my brakes on all my cars (not just the evo). Looking for advice from others. I want to use this on general cars/trucks. I work by myself so I want something that ill make the job clean, fast and easy.

kaj

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Motive power bleeder, some clear vinyl tubing, and a plastic water bottle with a hole drilled through the lid.
easy peasy, one-man job.

rocknsnoboarder

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I built my own. Bought a 1 way valve. Get some clear tubing and cut a hole in an empty bottle. I also zip tied the magnet from an old trouble light to the bottle so it holds it. Spent about $8 in total and it's small enough that I keep it in my kit that I take to the track.

TrendSetter

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i bought a vacuum bleeder a few years ago. its been pretty lackluster. not sure what a better solution would be, but i probably wouldnt buy another.

barneyb

I was watching a professional youtube mechanic flush and bleed brakes. He used a $600 machine that has a rubber diaphragm in a tank. The machine was about the size of a propane bottle. The upper chamber is filled with brake fluid (a gallon or more of brake fluid) and the bottom with compressed air. He used a gallon on the vehicle so one sees why no air in the system.

kaj

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Same as the Motive Power Bleeder I listed. Fill with fluid, pump to pressurize the tank. Just have a seat at the caliper and bleed until no more air. Easy Peasy.

barneyb

I actually own a motive but can't say how it works on the Evo, I've never used it on the car. Instead my wife gets brake pumping duty. I should go take a look at the device and see if I have the right adapter.

What I found extravagant about youtube brake flush was using a gallon of fluid. I've never used a quart.

Jp7

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I'm single and I only have 3 kids so that won't work for me. Unfortunately, none of my kids will pump the brakes for me either- they just sit there, parked in the garage....

Biggiesacks

I just got done working out some really stubborn bubbles. Turns out my wife isn't such a great bleeding partner, and collectively we messed up and allowed the master to run dry and suck air. So I bought the motive and it got a lot of air out, but not all of it. In the end I ended up getting Russel speed bleeders and just manually pumping it out. I can easily see a gallon considering i went through about 2 over a few weeks trying to get all the bubbles out.

kaj

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I *think* it's the Ford adapter.. but don't hold me to that. I use a lot of fluid when swapping fluid and more than I thought I would while bleeding I tend to overdo it, though

RazorLab

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Motive bleeder, saving relationships all over the world.

I've been bleeding brakes between track events forever and Motive is 100% the best.

The adapter for the Evo is 0107 if purchasing the full package or 1107 if you are just purchasing the adapter for a Motive unit you already have.

FYI, this comes up every six months here, search.

Biggiesacks

really nice thing about the motive too is there is almost no chance of the master running dry.

kaj

iTrader: (60)

And no compressor needed ,like with the vacuum setups.

RazorLab

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That's not correct, you could easily accidentally pump air through the whole system if you let the motive bottle run dry.

kaj

iTrader: (60)

Well, a million things could go wrong with any job if you don't do them right.