Hey Jim.. this may sound dumb... but  where is the corvettefaq link ? been her a while but don't recall seeing that...

 

Oh.. OK.. never mind, If I looked closer to the first post I would have known... I thought it was a link on C3vR...  duhhh...

 

the exact opposite system...  suck the fluid out.

 

i have a two liter coke bottle rigged up with plastic tubing (enough to reach all four wheels.  then in the cap i have the suction tube. ( i used hot glue to seal up the holes.

 

with a small 20$ vacuum pump, about 10$ of plastic tubing and a 1$ coke bottle you can create a vaccum bleeder.

 

Larry

I started by purchasing a cheap one gallon garden sprayer ($9.00) at

Walmart and a pressure gauge ($4.00) at the local Farm & Home. Member mkapp was kind enough to help with its construction and send me an extra MC top he had squirreled away. I had thought I needed a MC cap so I could check the fluid more easily by using the stock bails and wouldn't have to fool with clamps.....but "duh", I don't have to check the fluid level if I have plenty of fluid in the sprayer.

 

I shortened the sprayers wand by about 75% because I didn't need a lot of wand sticking up high from the MC cover. I then drilled a hole in one dome of the cover and stuck the threaded tip of the wand through the hole and screwed on the adjusting tip with silicone. I then drilled a hole in the upper side of the tank and fastened the pressure gauge with washers, nut and silicone.....made sure all connections were tight and "it worked".

 

The manual stated the bleeding sequence for my 78 is ....left rear inner.....left rear outer....right rear inner....right rear outer....left front....right front.

 

When I finished the back bleeding I turned the MC cover around so the hole with the wand was then on the front reservoir and proceeded to bleed the fronts.

 

Worked like a charm but, like I said, my system is a little flimsy so I may modify mine at the MC and use a flat piece of something that's more rigid and plan on clamping it on instead of using the bails with cover.

 

     

 

    

 

I noticed when posting these I have forgotten a couple of clamps on either side of the tee fitting.  So far the connections have held and not leaked.  Also don't forget to drill a vent hole in the cap of the recovery bottle so the system isn't pressurized.

jayare thanks for posting how you did with an old mc cover! I was wondering how that worked out.