I have found that you can bleed the brakes quite well using a squirt oil can and a piece of rubber or plastic hose. I use clear plastic hose because that lets me see when the hose is full of that red (Mil 5606H) hydraulic fluid. If you use a piece of hose that just fits snugly over the bleed fitting on the bottom of the brake, you can push it on the fitting after you have filled the line with hydraulic fluid. Make sure the filler plug is out of your brake reservoir. Then loosen the bleed fitting, it helps to ensure it is loose before you push the bleed line on. Usually it takes a 1/4 " wrench to turn
that small fitting. Now pump the hydraulic fluid through the bleed fitting using the squirt can. You will force the fluid UP the brake and lines and through the master cylinder into the fluid reservoir. All, or most all, of the air will escape out the open filler plug hole on the brake reservoir. Before you pump all the fluid out of the squirt can, keep the trigger depressed and tighten the bleed fitting. Now test your brakes by pushing on the brake pedal. If you have brakes, you can complete the bleeding process by pumping the pedal several times. Make sure you have the plug back in the filler hole before you do this, however. The plug is vented, so air will escape from the system, and hydraulic fluid can be drawn by gravity into the master cylinder. This squirt can system has worked for me through many years. And allows one to bleed the system all by yourself. Good luck Lynn Nelsen
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