Draining Of Brake Fluid

[Guest kinker_rocks]

After having brake pipe nightmares with the rear beam. Rounded off unions and corroded pipes. I'm going to replace the pipes aftre breaking the old rusty ones. Is there anywhere I can drain the fluid from the system before. I've done this before on other cars but can't find a point on the 205. Oh and the bledd nipples loock rock aswell!

[jack biscuit 0]

if you're replacing the lines anyway.. might aswell just cut them?

 

still got the rear drums? The bleed nipples are a real pain, invariably rounded off, soft as you like.. spanner no use, and grips foul against the brake line..

 

Good luck!

 

CHOP EM OUT!

Edited April 18, 2006 by jack biscuit

[Guest kinker_rocks]

Aye I'm going to chop them out, just don't want to empty the fluid everywhere as the beam refurb might take some time. Wondering if I can bleed the system before hand as plugging the pipes won't be an option now!

[willxs 0]

a little tip for you when doing brake lines....

 

If you cut them and dont want all your brake fluid everywhere, get a bar and stick it on your brake peddle and wedge it against the seat so the brake pedal is inefectively down.

then when you cut the line, or undo it, only a small amount of brake fluid will come out and then nothing at all. so you dont lose all your brake fluid.

 

always works for me

[jack biscuit 0]

Another top tip that's tip top!

Edited April 18, 2006 by jack biscuit

[GLPoomobile 958]

Get a turkey baster and suck up the fluid from the master cylinder, then cut the lines and let the remainder drain into a couple of jars. You'll have to replace all the brake fluid, but might be needing it anyway.

 

I just swapped from 1.6 to 1.9 beam yesterday and I've already replaced one line using an old O/S front pipe (slightly longer but OK) and then I found the union on the other side was seized as well. So I've just ordered a pair of new lines from Automec, very good service.

Edited April 18, 2006 by GLPoomobile

[sonofsam 5]

Yeh turkey baster does the job.get a metal one if you can,brake fluid soon ate the plastic one i had,Just replaced all my lines too using the Automec kit,it is very good,a proper brake line/union spanner will also help

Have some jars and rags ready,also saftey goggles when working underneath leaky lines