bleed tool

[Gmc28]

wondering if anyone has any tips to share on using one of the motive flow (or similar brand) brake/clutch bleeder tools on the v11’s, in regard to how to fit the bleeder to the reservoir.

they don’t seem to sell the “plug and play” options for attaching to the reservoirs so you have an airtight seal and the hose inlet from the pump-up container.  i rigged up a frankenstein setup for my son’s Cagiva, using an extra reservoir cap i had and drilled to allow a fitting for hose input, only to find that the threads weren’t quite the same on the cap i found in my parts box, so it wasn’t air tight.  figured i’m probably missing something simple, as a lot of folks use these, and i’m just missing the obvious.   maybe a plate that you drill with a hose fitting, and clamp in place?

Bleeding by hand is what i’ve always done, and no problem, but figured i’d try and get this device to work right for me for longer term.  (got it figured my old ford diesel… plug and play attachment, and thats helpful for a system with that much fluid)

I think Phil uses one of these on his MG?

[gstallons]

I will have to look and see what is needed (once it gets daylight) and get back on this . I have a Mighty-Vac and a Phoenix brake bleed tool and a drawer full of mess to help w/my attempts . If you have extra reservoir caps you may be able to rig up something to pressurize the system to push the fluid out of the system . I've bled all mine w/a simple method and didn't use a bunch of stuff. It might not hurt to do this on a annual or biennial  basis . AND be sure to use fresh DOT-4 fluid . 

[LaGrasta]

I've been using a generic version of this tool for over two decades, for both cars and bikes. It's awesome and easy.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Motion-Pro-08-0143-Hydraulic-Bleeder/dp/B000MXW2EM?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&gQT=1

[Lucky Phil]

19 hours ago, Gmc28 said:

wondering if anyone has any tips to share on using one of the motive flow (or similar brand) brake/clutch bleeder tools on the v11’s, in regard to how to fit the bleeder to the reservoir.

they don’t seem to sell the “plug and play” options for attaching to the reservoirs so you have an airtight seal and the hose inlet from the pump-up container.  i rigged up a frankenstein setup for my son’s Cagiva, using an extra reservoir cap i had and drilled to allow a fitting for hose input, only to find that the threads weren’t quite the same on the cap i found in my parts box, so it wasn’t air tight.  figured i’m probably missing something simple, as a lot of folks use these, and i’m just missing the obvious.   maybe a plate that you drill with a hose fitting, and clamp in place?

Bleeding by hand is what i’ve always done, and no problem, but figured i’d try and get this device to work right for me for longer term.  (got it figured my old ford diesel… plug and play attachment, and thats helpful for a system with that much fluid)

I think Phil uses one of these on his MG?

I made some from old reservoir caps and QD air fittings as my Motive bleeder has a QD hose that I also made myself with with air fittings. Motive sell a bleeder with QD fittings but at the time I was saving money as the bleeder was expensive to ship from the US. Now you can buy them cheap on ebay or Aliexpress. I'll see if I can get an image of my home made adaptor. 

Phil 

EDIT... Here's the front adaptor I made complete with home made seal.

Edited December 31, 2024 by Lucky Phil

[Gmc28]

On 12/31/2024 at 1:02 PM, Lucky Phil said:

I made some from old reservoir caps and QD air fittings as my Motive bleeder has a QD hose that I also made myself with with air fittings. Motive sell a bleeder with QD fittings but at the time I was saving money as the bleeder was expensive to ship from the US. Now you can buy them cheap on ebay or Aliexpress. I'll see if I can get an image of my home made adaptor. 

Phil 

EDIT... Here's the front adaptor I made complete with home made seal.

nice. just what i was looking for.  

i actually scrounged some of the same fittings and have been sitting on those awaiting an idea of what to install them on, as i don’t have the right cap.

I rigged up something less ideal with what i had in the shop at the time, but the weak link was having the wrong spare reservoir cap.  I’d have thought it would be easy to source replacement caps, but it’s proving surprisingly tricky.  and since i have a number of different reservoir styles/shapes, am wondering if some kind of clamp on setup could work.  

thx all

[Lucky Phil]

3 hours ago, Gmc28 said:

nice. just what i was looking for.  

i actually scrounged some of the same fittings and have been sitting on those awaiting an idea of what to install them on, as i don’t have the right cap.

I rigged up something less ideal with what i had in the shop at the time, but the weak link was having the wrong spare reservoir cap.  I’d have thought it would be easy to source replacement caps, but it’s proving surprisingly tricky.  and since i have a number of different reservoir styles/shapes, am wondering if some kind of clamp on setup could work.  

thx all

Just buy yourself some nice aftermarket caps on ebay or something. They are a dime a dozen and are anodised as opposed to powder coated. Then just modify your old caps.

Phil

[gstallons]

BTW , apply just enough air pressure to cause a good flow of liquid through the hydraulic system .