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Old 04-21-2016, 06:43 AM
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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.........
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Old 08-10-2016, 06:10 PM
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Default 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.
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Old 05-22-2018, 10:15 AM
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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?

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