Power Bleeder and early 911 - Am I missing something?

[racemor]

Ok, this may be a dumb question. When using a Power Bleeder to do the brakes on my early 911, how do I keep from pushing the fluid out the overflow hose?? I did not think about it until there were 3 or 4 ounces of AP600 on the driveway.

[Neilk]

Clamp it off with some lock pliers.

[cstreit]

LOL, we'ev all done that once... Use vice grips on the hose, or better yet, make a small closed end hose and hold it on with a small hose clamp.

I suggest something to hold the hose on though, it should hold normally since the bleeder works at low pressure, but I like the extra insurance of a hose clamp because if that hose pops off, brake fluid is going EVERYWHERE inside...

[racemor]

Thanks guys. That is a simple enough answer, glad I'm not the only one.

[jphillips-998]

My first time was at mid ohio last year. nice job since it was right across the lane from the Eurosport trailer. I'm sure they had quite the laugh!

[cstreit]

Jeff, you just have to mumble something about "flushing the resevoir"

[jphillips-998]

Thanks Chris, I'll keep that one in my pocket in case I ever pull the same move again!

[racemor]

Actually, I was just checking the overflow drain hole to make sure it emptied outside of the car. Yeah, that's right!