http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/Campingart/jettatech/bleeder/index.htm

(Mine failed some time ago. I made a new one using this guide.)
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240 drivers / parts cars - JH, Ohio

This version is a slightly more complex version of what I use for all my cars. The 240 with 10 bleeders benefits the most (of which I have none at the moment).

Our race cars get a bleed each night of the race and a flush just before each race so the tank gets used a lot.

That might be a good idea for lots of people but I picked up extra cap at the junkyard and put an air hose fitting in it.

I used the male fitting that my air line coupler snaps onto.

I add about ten pounds of air pressure on top on the fluid in the reservoir.

Pop the hose off when it get low and unscrew the cap. Fill it and do more if needed.

The whole affair is in a drawer when done. Not sitting on a shelf collecting dust.

Expense can be borrowed off your own air lines or the brass elbow for the coupler nipple.

Phil

That's actually what I did also but I didn't want to complicate the post. I
fitted

- air fitting to a spare filler cap

- air fittings to old 0-30 lb regulator

- 2 short air hoses

- a small old sprayer tank

(all of which fits in a deep rollaway drawer)

So I can go

a. air supply -> regulator -? master-cyl reservoir; or

b. air supply -> regulator -> tank -> master-cyl reservoir


I usually just do (a) when bleeding because it's not onerous to refill the reservoir after each caliper. And no reason to risk contamination from the tank.

But there are times I want to flush a system - usually an old truck but sometimes a 240 with lingering soft pedal - by forcing fluid through rapidly.
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240 drivers / parts cars - JH, Ohio