you see this one?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=37201

 

Yes I have seen it and it does not fit Discos, the guy I helped with the brake fluid flush had brought one with him and it did not work.
It is his truck that I did the write up on.

 

so which is the one to get? the KD one? cuz i didn't see that one on HF?

The KD one.
http://www.all2ools.com/index.pl/fro...uctid=KDT/2538

this is the only other one on HF
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=98864

 

Get the second one.

 

best $3 ever spent.

 

This is a very good write up, good thing I read this because I am really having a hard time on how to flush brake fluid. Thanks again man.

 

Sorry I couldn't reply sooner. The one I used was the KD brand and I bought it on ebay for a few "mainland" dollars seeing as how it is the U.S.VIRGIN ISLANDS. =)

But anyone can make one if your local hardware store has a one way valve and some tubing.

 

Ok yesterday I bled a DI with 129k miles. I followed my own instructions on this thread and everything went well until the test drive. It turns out that while I was bleeding the brakes, I couldn't get the bleeder valve in a good enough position to be open enough and let fluid out without air seeping in through the valve threads....

SO after having very spongy brakes, I re-bled them to get the air out by removing the valve completely out of the caliper at each wheel one at a time (RR, RL, FR, FL) in that order and putting some pipe teflon tape on the threads of the bleeder valve and quickly re-inserting it and closing it off. Prepare for a nasty mess of brake fluid. Re-bleeding them went better the second time as there were no air bubbles coming out after the initial few.

Now the DI stops on a dime.... make that a silver dollar......

 

I have a logistical question, as I've never done this procedure before. Do you need to close (put the cap back on) the resevoir after every time you add fluid during this job? I'm assuming not, as long as you don't let it go dry, correct?

 

No, the lid can stay off. Pump out the old fluid first, add new DOT 4 fluid and bleed it the old fashion way with one person pumping the brakes and the other bleeding.