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paul330 04-21-2016 06:43 AM

Just make sure you have the right brake connected to the right brake and the left brake connected to the left brake. Otherwise you can spend a whole day of cursing, wondering why the @#$% brakes won't bleed.

Ask me how I know......... :o

AAflyer 08-10-2016 06:10 PM

Pix of bleeder stuff
 
After reading this blog, I went to the car parts store and bought an oil can and scavenged a "push-on" connector left over from my pitot/AOA parts bin.
Threaded the "push-on" in place of the reservoir cap, with a tube dangling down to a bottle.
The oiler was connected to the caliper with clear hose left over from my manifold air pressure system.

Below is the "push-on" fitting next to the supplied screened cap of the reservoir.
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Below, you can see the smaller diameter clear tube added so I wouldn't have to hold it tight against the fitting. (the original was a little loose and leaked unless I held it tightly up against the nipple.) This also allowed me to get the 1/4" wrench on the fitting with out sliding the bigger tube partially off the fitting...crucial to keeping air bubbles out of the system. I used a little safety wire to seal the 2 tubes together.
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A couple of zip-ties insure that I don't make an even BIGGER mess.
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Hope this helps.

sglynn 05-22-2018 10:15 AM

oiler
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by n816kc (Post 1072207)
I do the same. Cheap pump oil can and short piece of tubing. Push fluid in from caliper until it runs out the reservoir. Much easier if the cap is off;)

How much fluid does the pump oiler or syringe need to hold? Is 9 ounces enough to do one wheel on an RV-7A?

thanks


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