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Bleeding brakes with a jar and a hose back in 2004
I still remember doing brake bleeds on my '87 F-150 in my dad's driveway with a mason jar, some clear tubing, and my brother pumping the pedal while I yelled "hold it!" down to him. We went through a whole six pack of brake fluid that way, half of it ending up on the gravel or my arm because the hose kept slipping off the bleeder screw. Now I've got a Motive pressure bleeder that I bought a few years back, cost me about $80 online, and it does the whole job solo in 20 minutes without a single air bubble coming back through. What really sold me was doing my sister's Subaru Outback brake lines after a caliper seized last November, the old jar method would've been a two person circus in the cold. Pressure bleeding just makes sense when you're working alone or dealing with ABS modules that hold air stubbornly. Sometimes I miss the teamwork and the cussing, but not the brake pedal going soft two days later because we missed a burp in the line. Has anyone else made the jump to a pressure bleeder or do you still trust the vacuum pump or buddy method?
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