Motive Power Pressure Bleeder

[jonclancy]

Hi All,

Manily for Jan:

The Motive Power pressure bleeder has been mentioned here a few times over the years.

Any idea what the correct cap for the WSC-supplied reservoir is, please? Or, indeed the thread (which I assume is metric given the modern, plastic, reservoir). I can email Motive Power to confirm before pricing up a unit.

Away from the car at the moment..

Cheers

Jon

[biggles]

Gunson ezibleed works well at half the price? Comes with a few caps IIRC....
End of completely unhelpful post!

[Westfield 129]

The standard European cap fits the reservoirs that are commonly found on the 11.

I have been using the Motive Power bleeder for years. It is Excellent!
The pressure bleeder allows one person bleeding and flushing. Very easy.

Better than my Vacula vacuum bleeder, but I still use the vacuum unit for some applications.

[jonclancy]

I ended up buying a similar Sealey model - VS820 for under £60 on Amazon

https://www.sealey.co.uk/brake-clutch-b ... -5l-vs820/

Works well and the supplied cap fits perfectly.

[Euan Hoosearmy]

Another vote for the Sealey - if your M/C reservoir is old or no longer available, don't pump it up above 10PSI - slows the bleeding process down a bit but saves a poential expensive and messy incident....

[jonclancy]

Excellent advice!

[Morris]

I suffered a few very messy incidences when I used an easy bleed kit that ran off 20 psi tyre pressure and blew off the reservoir cap!

In the end I swapped over all the bleed nipples to Goodridge Speed Bleed nipples (even on the clutch slave cylinder) that work a treat. I can even monitor the reservoir fluid level by removing the pedal box cover and pumping the brake pedal by hand.

Buy Goodridge Speed Bleeder | Demon Tweeks https://share.google/j8GDDe1OlQGtRJRyN

[jonclancy]

I remember looking at the Speed Bleeders. Great idea, if a little pricey. Wish they were in stainless!

I saw a link on the MIG Welding forum for a pressure bleeder very much like the Sealey. £18.13 delivered. I've ordered one out of interest, to see if the quality is similar. It comes with a few caps etc. The guy on the forum who ordered it was quite impressed with the plastic thickness etc.

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