The spanner man is happy! Never has bleeding brakes been so easy.

[miss P]

Mr P has been swearing in the shed for the last 5 hours trying to route the new goodridge hoses for my @.

But the day has been saved by one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=021

To quote Mr P "it takes the mysticism out of bleeding brakes"

It took 5 hours to route the front hoses and 5 mins to bleed them.
The rear hose was bled, removed, replaced & bled in less than 10mins!

When I think of the hours we have spent bleeding brakes over the last 20 years, this is up there in the top 10 tools category.

[sweet pete]

i find a cheap and cheerfull bleed tube the best! and there only about £1.50 from car spares shops!

[miss P]

i find a cheap and cheerfull bleed tube the best! and there only about £1.50 from car spares shops!

That is what we have always used, but getting the trapped air out can be a nightmare. Having brakes bled and air-free within minutes was a godsend. Mr P does a fair amount of servicing so it was worth the investment for the time and stress it saves.

[jasonbc]

i find a cheap and cheerfull bleed tube the best! and there only about £1.50 from car spares shops!

£46 Seems expensive for something that not going to be used very frequently. I can see the time saved is an advantage but i've never had any problems bleeding brakes before sometimes it just takes a while

[davsato]

£46 Seems expensive for something that not going to be used very frequently. I can see the time saved is an advantage but i've never had any problems bleeding brakes before sometimes it just takes a while

it looks like a plasticky civvy version of something we use on helicopters, sucks the fluid through from the bottom instead of pumping at the lever, just goes straight through.

[jasonbc]

it looks like a plasticky civvy version of something we use on helicopters, sucks the fluid through from the bottom instead of pumping at the lever, just goes straight through.

they're a cheap plastic vaccumm pump, could be handy though

[davsato]

they're a cheap plastic vaccumm pump, could be handy though

cue jokes about Austin Powers' swedish penis enlarger