Many years ago when I did some work in a small airplane repair shop,
this is the procedure we used to bleed aircraft brakes on Cessnas,
Pipers, etc. start at the wheel cylinder and pump fluid in until
air bubbles disappear at the master cylinder. Of course in small
airplanes there is a separate master cylinder for each wheel cylinder,
no chance of air bubbles from multiple wheel cylinders and lines other
than the one being worked on. So....not sure if this procedure will
work on a car.
I have a Mity Vac, and have tried drawing brake fluid with vacuum, don't
think the procedure is very effective, perhaps I didn't take enough care
to seal air leaks in the vac pump to bleeder connection.
Anyway, I've found the speed bleeders to be the easiest procedure to
bleed brakes on my Spec Rx-7!
For what its worth...
Robert
Donald wrote, in part....
> variation: closed container of fluid at slave cylinder, pressurise
> container to push fluid up to M/C reservoir. This method would not
> need the brake grease around the bleed nipple threads, and _might_ be
> easier to control. I'm not sure.
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