gravity bleeding

Pfiffle · March 18th, 2008, 04:14 PM

Anyone try this and have any luck with this method?

72EPCutlass · March 18th, 2008, 09:04 PM

Yep, works great!

ozoneblue · March 19th, 2008, 07:07 AM

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

74 Omega · March 19th, 2008, 07:20 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 · March 19th, 2008, 08:04 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.

Bluevista · March 19th, 2008, 03:59 PM

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

Allan

Pfiffle · March 19th, 2008, 04:19 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) · March 19th, 2008, 06:18 PM

dot 3

Olds64 · March 22nd, 2008, 08:49 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 · March 22nd, 2008, 10:35 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 · March 22nd, 2008, 01:00 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 · April 3rd, 2008, 05:48 PM

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

March 18th, 2008, 04:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pfiffle Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 123	gravity bleeding Anyone try this and have any luck with this method? Last edited by Pfiffle; March 18th, 2008 at 04:49 PM..

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Pfiffle Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 123	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; March 19th, 2008 at 04:24 PM..

March 19th, 2008, 06:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
J-(Chicago) Seasoned beater pilot. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,670	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: 4,203	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. __________________ Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself... Apparently, you don't understand! Ferris, he never drives it! He just rubs it with a diaper! Cameron Frye Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986

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March 18th, 2008, 09:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
72EPCutlass Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15	Yep, works great!

March 19th, 2008, 07:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
ozoneblue Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 503	I always use this method first,Leave cap off MC & keep it full

March 19th, 2008, 07:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
74 Omega Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 172	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

March 19th, 2008, 08:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pfiffle Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 123	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.

March 19th, 2008, 03:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bluevista Cruisin' the Vistas Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 1,614	I use my Mityvac with the brake bleeder attachment, can do it by yourself and it's fast. Allan

March 22nd, 2008, 10:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
72EPCutlass Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 15	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.

March 22nd, 2008, 01:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
Pfiffle Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 123	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.

April 3rd, 2008, 05:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
442Harv Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 117	I hook up small plastic hoses, and put the end in a small can, that way you have no mess.

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