as topic. Thanks

 

To flush the system and refill? A little over half a quart is what I go through I believe.

 

flush

 

1L will do it, but it would be better to get more just in case. ATE Super Blue and Type 200 (same fluid, amber color) are really useful for making sure you get all the old stuff out.

-Max

 

Motul RBF 600 is what I gonna use.

 

how do you know all the old stuff came out? I have a speed bleeder.

 

You use a clear vinyl hose over your bleed screws. Even if the old and new fluid are not different colors it's very easy to tell when the fresh, clean fluid comes through.

 

should I try to get most of the old fluid out first?

 

Yes. I use a turkey baster. Any fluid you remove from the reservoir and replace with the new before you start flushing is that much less fluid you will have to run through the system. You'll still use the same amount of new brake fluid, but you won't have to push as much of the old stuff out.

 

thanks

 

I use up about 2.5-3 qt for all quarters. I use the valvaline synthetic brake fluid, which has a very good boiling pt and is easy to get.

 

how did you use so much? they say a liter(1qt) or so.

 

I bet he meant pints, the small bottles.

 

I have 1.5L Hope it's enough.

 

DamonB, maxcooper:

I want to swap my stock bleeder screws for Speed Bleeder screws for a true one-man bleeder setup. I've read that actuating the master cylinder is a better way of bleeding than the Power Bleeder setup (which is what I have).

I have my Pegasus racing supply catalog in front of me.

The choices I have for Speed Bleeder screws are:

3/8-24, 1.3-inch overall length
7 x 1.0 mm, 1.2-inch overall length
10 x 1.0 mm, 1.2-inch overall length
1/2-28 1.0-inch overall length

Let me know which size the FD caliper takes. BTW, I have Type RS calipers, so I'm really not sure of the US spec and Type RS calipers have the same size bleeding screws?

Is there a good way to measure the bleeding screw I have?

Thanks in advance!

 

I don't know if they are the same or not. Just remove a front one and a rear one so you can see what thread and what length they are. The overall length isn't so important; just the tip length.

FWIW my Speedbleeders have been laying in the garage over a year. The FD brake and clutch system is so easy to flush; it never gives me trouble. I just put a hose over a bleeder and have the someone pump the brake pedal while I hold the bleeder open. I never close it; just keep pulsing the pedal slowly with the valve open until I see fresh fluid and then I close the bleed valve while the pedal is on the way to the floor again. I do this at the clutch and all four wheels and NEVER have to do the pump/hold/crack open/close/pump/hold routine. I even do it now without removing the tires

 

Crap. Wish I'd thought of that. That would have saved some time