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Originally Posted by mdmoore23
That's a whole other story. Started off with one of the vacuum bleeders from Harbor Freight. Good concept but that was an epic fail. Evidently some of the vacuum actually bleeds by the bleeder valve threads or something, judging from other info I found about those types of bleeders. The bleeders in these brakes don't fit nearly as tight as some I've felt before, so I can see that being an issue. Some actually suggest adding teflon tape to the bleeder threads. That's something I'm not willing to take a chance on though. So, today I enlisted the help of my wife to do it the old fashioned way. She worked the brake pedal while I bled each caliper. Progress was definitely made and much quicker, but I still need to go for another round of bleeding. The pedal is still not 100% as firm as it was before. With the vacuum bleeder, I literally had no brakes though. Right now the car could be driven, but I won't until we get another round of bleeding in. In hindsight, I probably should've clamped the brake lines because the calipers were off for a few days. There's probably a ton of air that got in the system.
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I used one of these the last time I had to bleed my brakes. They work great!
I would call them and get the exact kit you need, these are adaptable with other cars too.
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...Bleeder%20Kits