Re: Pressurized Brake Bleeder for 1951 200

Posted by Ross On 2019/7/10 20:38:08

In 30 years of Packard service have not bothered with one yet. We are talking a 15 minute job on your own, perhaps longer if someone helps you.

Find a piece of rubber tubing that fits snuggly over the bleeder screw. Submerge the other end of it in a bit of brake fluid--I use an old peanut butter jar (crunchy, of course) with a little wire hook I can hang onto the suspension.

Fill the reservoir, open the furthest bleeder, and pump the pedal no more than 8 times without refilling. If the system is empty the right rear will need 12 strokes or so to bleed out. The others much less. There is no need to open and close bleeders whilst pumping; there is a built in check valve on the MC to take care of that. After I'm done I like to press the pedal several strokes firmly to check for leaks and also to collect any stray bubbles. I finish up by going around and "burping" each of the cylinders about a half stroke.