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I built a pressure bleeder last weekend using a garden sprayer from the hardware store. Kind of crude but it got my firetruck on the road again. A bit messy taking it off with the adapter I made out of an old master cylinder cap. Curious what others have done. Thanks Don

I like the mighty vac hand bleeder ,Built my own in the past but just faster and less time to buy it .

I have an Aamco "Pig" pressure bleeder, cost, $0. Still need to make an adapter to fit my master cylinder. I use a Master Products presure bleeder at work (my own tool, not owned by the shop).

I cheat, I use a BG brake fluid flush machine from work. It pumps fluid in through the master and sucks it from the bleeders. No mess what so ever!
Scott

I now have a Branick pressure bleeder http://www.branick.com/core/products_brake_bleeder.php. I actually bought it to bleed my fork lifts, but it gets used more on my jalopies. My pressure bleeder of 50 years ago was a Master cylinder cap with a tubeless valve stem in it and a Golden Rod Bicycle pump. The bad part was one pump and I had to take the cap off and add more fluid. But it was portable enough to carry along on a cabover International to bleed the hydraulic clutch.

Found the skinny on home brew bleeder, this is great and almost free it's so cheap.

http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm