build brake bleeder pump

I'm probably behind on this idea but today I was working on the brakes, using a pump me and a buddy built that alows you to bleed brake lines without the need of someone pumping the pedal for you. When we were working on my bug we got tired of pumping the pedal. I got a compressor out of an old fridge, wired 110v extension cord to the start cap, brazed a smaller copper line to the suction side. Put tubing from left over fish tank on suction side and high side. Connect the suction side (Larger dia. copper) to the bleeder, loosen bleeder, highside in a large bucket. You know how to do the rest. Cuts time in half. Just my 2 cents

 

does it suck so much that the master cylinder runs dry in like say1 second!if not this is what i need my wife will not pump any more.no pun intended she hates helping me on the jeep she says its aint even a vehchle its a tavern on wheels

 

C'mon Tango, you know what we need! :uwop:

 

That is a cool idea of using the compressor out of an old fridge. Next time we replace fridge, I will remove the compressor!!!

Below is a procedure I do on bleeding the brakes. IT is not as cool or as high tech as Tango's , but it works. Just wanted to share it.


Being the only one around when I work on my jeep, I learned about a trick to bleed the brakes by myself.


Get a mason jar and poke a hole in the lid just big enough to put the end of about 3 feet long of clear plastic tube (about the size of soda straw). Place it in the jar with the end just about an inch from the bottom of the jar. Pour a little brake fluid in the jar to cover up the end of the tube. Place the other end of the tube on the bleeder valve. Place the jar where you can see if from the drivers seat of the jeep. Open the bleeder valve and slowly pump the brake peddle until the brake fluid turns clear. And secondly and most important you don’t see any air bubbles coming up from the end of the tube in the jar, when you push on the brake peddle. Then tighten the bleeder valve before you remove the clear tube.

Start at the farthest wheel from the master cylinder and end up last doing the drivers side front wheel which is the closest to the M/C .

During this process, you will need to add some brake fluid to the master cylinder a couple of times.


Regards

Cliff

 

Gotta find it first. My wife, her mother, my mother and a neighbor are using the garage as storage for the fall neighborhood yard sale. I can draw a pictue !!!!!!!!! Anybody want to buy high Quality Mtn Bikes.....
Got 6

 

I have a hand-vacuum, and I've tried the mason jar trick, and neither way I could get all the air bubbles out, and was never confident that I had it good enough. I then switched to speed bleeders, and all is right with the world....

 

The way that pump is built sounds like I found another fellow "red neck" engineer!

 

That's refined redneck nutcase!!!!!!!! Grew up in the sticks and moved to the big city Ain't no icon for MOONSHINE

 

Mityvac works for me! But ALWAYS looking for more options like, maybe the suction side of a sandblasting nozzle?:twisted:

 

you can't get more redneck than me! I'm from Olney,TX! Pop. 11 people 3 dogs 1 cat and Beeves like blades o' number 5 coastal haygrazer! :v6:

 

Well, even if nobody else is interested in photos of it, I still am!

 

My buddy Shannon has it. He's restoring a vette in MS. I'll draw it up or go find another compressor I need one for my jeep anyhoo. I did find my power steering gear box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!