[Healeys] Motive Products Power Bleeder

[John Spaur]

Nice solution Mark.

 

I fabricated a cap from the lid of a PVC solvent can. It fits the reservoir and seals with one rubber gasket on the inside. I have attached photos of my reservoir and cap. 

 

Cheers,

John

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 5:51 AM
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Motive Products Power Bleeder

 

As Mirek mentioned I struggled with the lod sealing problem for my Snap-on pressure bleeder many years ago and finally solved the problem by making this device. The spring clips are made from those from a very ancient ski boot. It took a bit of work and ingenuity but has served me well for decades.

 

On Wed., Oct. 11, 2023, 8:42 a.m. m.g.sharp--- via Healeys, <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

John, I have this same bleeder but the product number for the adaptor is not listed on my receipt.  However, they can tell you which one you need.  I seem to recall that oddly they did not have an early Healey listed, but the cap on the reservoir is the same as my M.G. TC, and the dealer did have a listing for the TC, although I don’t see it on their web page.  Weird.  I’d contact their support people and ask.

 

That said, I have never been able to get the cap on the bleeder to seal on the reservoir.  I mentioned it to Mike Salter who had a similar problem.  It just does not seem to screw down tight enough, although I can see no logical reason for it not sealing.  It is on my “to do” list (but near the bottom), to get a used reservoir and experiment to get a better fit. 

 

Lastly, I could not see how one would prevent the brake fluid in the tube from draining out when the cap was removed.  I fitted a check valve in the line right above the adaptor.  

 

I’d be interested to see if other listers have had issues the adaptor sealing on the reservoir and how they solved it.

 

For now, I am back to the old school method and it works fine, I just need to find another warm body to pump the pedal.

 

Cheers, Mirek

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> > On Behalf Of John Spaur via Healeys
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:03 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> 
Subject: [Healeys] Motive Products Power Bleeder

 

Does anyone have one of these? I bought one and the Girling cap does not fit my Moss Motors Classic Gold brake/clutch fluid reservoir. I have a 1962 BT7.

 



 

The adaptor above is the red cap and hose, the Girling one.

I think I need the 1100 adaptor pictured below.

 



 

If you have one, which adaptor did you have and do you have a product number you could send me?

 

Thanks,

John

_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation  $12.75

Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys

Healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:Healeys at autox.team.net> 
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys

Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20231011/f1cdd9db/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Brake Fluid reservoir 3000 MKII.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 3140201 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20231011/f1cdd9db/attachment-0002.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Cap solution.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 2973945 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20231011/f1cdd9db/attachment-0003.jpg>