gravity bleeding

Pfiffle · 03-18-2008, 03:14 PM

Anyone try this and have any luck with this method?

72EPCutlass · 03-18-2008, 08:04 PM

Yep, works great!

ozoneblue · 03-19-2008, 06:07 AM

I always use this method first,Leave cap off MC & keep it full

74 Omega · 03-19-2008, 06:20 AM

This may sound stupid, but could some one explain it? I usually have to get my 12 yr old son or wife (not telling her age) to help... you can guess the fun in that. LOL

Dave

Pfiffle · 03-19-2008, 07:04 AM

No, it's not stupid 74Omega I just heard of this myself and it sounded like a good way of not having the wife come out and "help" me. We all know how that turns out sometimes. I googled it. I'm really not good at explaining things that I just found out about myself. Maybe some Olds Guru can enlighten both of us. Tom.

amh555 · 03-19-2008, 02:59 PM

I use my Mityvac with the brake bleeder attachment, can do it by yourself and it's fast.

Allan

Pfiffle · 03-19-2008, 03:19 PM

So vacuum or pressure bleeding is still probably a good idea anyway to really make sure the air bubbles and water-contaminated brake fluid is out? What fluid do you guys use? This is for a '76 Cutlass by the way. DOT 3,4,5?

J-(Chicago) · 03-19-2008, 05:18 PM

dot 3

Olds64 · 03-22-2008, 07:49 AM

I never liked using the Mit-y-vac bleeders or the gravity bleeding method. It never seems to work as well as the old fashioned way.

The only problem is that you need a buddy to help.

72EPCutlass · 03-22-2008, 09:35 AM

My brother turned me on to this...take the cap off of the master cylinder, make sure it is full and stays that way and crack the bleeders (one or all depending on the mess you want to make) open and let it run...thats it. Then close them in any order.

Pfiffle · 03-22-2008, 12:00 PM

Thanks for all replies. I think I'm going to gravity bleed, then vacuum to make sure. Since the car is on jack stands already as I'm changing the 2.41 open to a 3.73 posi. that was custom built for me by monzaz here.

442Harv · 04-03-2008, 04:48 PM

I hook up small plastic hoses, and put the end in a small can, that way you have no mess.

03-18-2008, 03:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pfiffle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 105	gravity bleeding Anyone try this and have any luck with this method? Last edited by Pfiffle : 03-18-2008 at 03:49 PM.

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Pfiffle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 105	So vacuum or pressure bleeding is still probably a good idea anyway to really make sure the air bubbles and water-contaminated brake fluid is out? What fluid do you guys use? This is for a '76 Cutlass by the way. DOT 3,4,5? Last edited by Pfiffle : 03-19-2008 at 03:24 PM.

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J-(Chicago) Seasoned beater pilot. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,538	dot 3 __________________ I'd rather have a numbers matching poker hand.

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Olds64 Landyacht Club President Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lawton, OK Posts: 1,344	I never liked using the Mit-y-vac bleeders or the gravity bleeding method. It never seems to work as well as the old fashioned way. The only problem is that you need a buddy to help. __________________ "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an OLDSMOBILE man." Ralphie Billingsley A Christmas Story 1983 "We rei-eign, supreme, ooooh god! Burrito supreme, and a chicken supreme, and a CUTLASS SUPREME!" Tenacious D 2007

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03-18-2008, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
72EPCutlass Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14	Yep, works great!

03-19-2008, 06:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
ozoneblue Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 407	I always use this method first,Leave cap off MC & keep it full

03-19-2008, 06:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
74 Omega Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 74	This may sound stupid, but could some one explain it? I usually have to get my 12 yr old son or wife (not telling her age) to help... you can guess the fun in that. LOL Dave

03-19-2008, 07:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pfiffle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 105	No, it's not stupid 74Omega I just heard of this myself and it sounded like a good way of not having the wife come out and "help" me. We all know how that turns out sometimes. I googled it. I'm really not good at explaining things that I just found out about myself. Maybe some Olds Guru can enlighten both of us. Tom.

03-19-2008, 02:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
amh555 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bainbridge Township, N.E. Ohio Posts: 80	I use my Mityvac with the brake bleeder attachment, can do it by yourself and it's fast. Allan

03-22-2008, 09:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
72EPCutlass Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14	My brother turned me on to this...take the cap off of the master cylinder, make sure it is full and stays that way and crack the bleeders (one or all depending on the mess you want to make) open and let it run...thats it. Then close them in any order.

03-22-2008, 12:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
Pfiffle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 105	Thanks for all replies. I think I'm going to gravity bleed, then vacuum to make sure. Since the car is on jack stands already as I'm changing the 2.41 open to a 3.73 posi. that was custom built for me by monzaz here.

04-03-2008, 04:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
442Harv Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 62	I hook up small plastic hoses, and put the end in a small can, that way you have no mess.

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