Hi all. Reviving this older thread.
I recently bought a cheap one man bleed kit off ebay, about $20, not the cheapest by any means. It was the type that uses compress air from a tyre, (under 20 psi) runs through a fluid container with an isolating valve connected to the screw cap on the brake reservoirso it all sounded pretty simple.
First problem was the valve mounted in the top of the fluid container could not be adjusted far enough to completely turn off the air from the tyre so was always pressurized. fixed this by winding the valve open and fitting a fuel cock (from a lawn mower) into the air line. All appeared to work fine. I could turn the air completely off and on at a measured rate (slowly).
So I put some new brake fluid in the container and connected the outlet end to the screw cap with the correct sized seal in the cap (1/8th of a turn past the initial contact grab per the instructions) and the air line to the tyre @15psi.
Very slowly turned on the air and straight away I had fluid leaking from around the cap on the reservoir. I tightened it a little more and tried again, but still it leaked.
So this one will be going into the parts pile.
I am guessing there a lot more on the market now than when this thread was first active. Can anyone recommend a suitable one man unit? Reasonably cheap.. [bigwhistle]
