Bleeding clutch hydraulics by yourself

[frankenyoter]

I just put a slave and master cylinder in my Cruiser and needed to bleed the lines.

I couldn't find my hand vacuum pump after an extensive search.

Frustrated I glared under the hood and then I had an idea....

I took length of hose and hooked one end to a port on the intake and the other to the bleeder on the slave. Fired up the motor and cracked the bleeder. When smoke rolled out the exhaust I had no more air in the line and a tight feeling clutch!

Hope someone can use this in the future.

 

[transman731]

not the greatest idea. yes it works, but brake fluid is good for the engine. i realize you are not burning a whole lot of fluid, but brake fluid is toxic to any thing not designed for it.

 

[frankenyoter]

Yeah I should have ran a few lines into a sealed container to only pull air, but I was impatient and wanted it done.