When I had my Eesibleed loaned to a friend and I needed to bleed the
brakes of my Landrover I used an old bicycle tire as an emergency which
did not cost anything at all. It is an old mechanics trick.
I cut out a section of about 50cm with the valve in from the tire.
Cleaned the inside of one end, roughened it up and cemented it together.
The cemented part I folded over again twice and also cemented it
together to make it absolutely airtight. The other end was turned inside
out twice to create a sort of collar.
There was my no costs easy-bleed system.
Next I filled the brake fluid reservoir to the rim, stretched the collar
over the filler neck and tied the collar with some string to make it
airtight.
I covered the engine bay under and around the brake fluid reservoir with
an old sheet or blanket. I then pumped up the tire until it stretched to
about twice its diameter. Do not overdo this as when the tire burst you
will get a real mess of brake fluid under the bonnet.
After this was done I could bleed the brakes one by one without any
assistance. Just open the bleeder valve until the brake fluid is clear
and without bubbles.
However you have to watch the fluid level, otherwise you will introduce
air from the reservoir side.
Kees Oudesluijs
Bob Spidell schreef:
> I made one from a reservoir cap and a Shrader valve.
>
> bs
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