I'm replacing my master cylinder and I know I'm supposed to bench bleed it. I bought a reman. part because I couldn't find one new but either way , they usually come with the plastic fittings required to bench bleed it. Well, of course with my luck, they didn't come with the fittings. Where can I find these? I've called every local parts place around including the dealer. Every single place tried to sell me a one man brake bleeder kit like the kind that Autozone has for $7. I already have one of those. I don't want to buy a power bleeder for $50 when what I really need is a plastic fitting or two for $2. Any ideas? If I had a power bleeder, can I skip bench bleeding the master cylinder? Has anyone done this?

P.S. I'm also replacing all the calipers and brake hoses so I want to get this right but I'm already in the hole $$.

 

If you already have the one person MC bleeder kit, then you have all you need!

The kit should have two plastic fittings to go into the MC outlets and two short lengths of hose to flow back into the MC

If you don't have this kit, they too are around $7 at most places

seeya

 

Well, I successfully bled my m/c last night. I didn't have the master cylinder bleeder kit, I just had the caliper bleeder kit. None of the parts stores around here sell the m/c kit. I installed the m/c on the car and bought a short brake line which had two of the three fittings that I needed. The third threaded hole in the m/c was slightly larger and none of the parts stores had that size fitting.

The m/c did come with a plug for each of the three holes. I removed the plugs from the two smaller threaded holes. I cut the purchased brake line in half to make two pieces with a fitting on one end and brake line on the other. I was able to connect tygon (or teflon?) tubing to the open brake line ends and route them back into the m/c reservoir.

As for the larger hole, I kept the plug in place and tied string really tightly around it to prevent air from coming in and fluid from coming out.

At that point, I pumped the brake pedal about 20 or 25 times until I saw a solid column of fluid (i.e., no air in the tubing). Then I disconnected the bleeding lines/plug one at a time and put the real brake lines in place while never letting the fluid level get too low.

I've come to the conclusion that I should move to a different town where useful parts are readily available. I feel like I've made this WAY too difficult but without the right parts/tools, it's all difficult.

Just thought I'd share my experience

RACe ON!!!