I've got a brake bleeder with a one way valve, it is cheap and DOES make solo bleeding a lot easier. It's just a check valve in a plastic tube. Got it at a local 'merican car parts place. Still need to run the end of the tube into a jar of fluid to prevent uptake of air into the line (fluid being heavier than air will open the valve, allowing air to travel up the line) - Jeff '80 Westi, '67 Sqbk, '64 Ford Crewcab, '87 Subaru 4WD Grass Valley, California > brake fluid. I've heard of kits which have a one way check valve to prevent the > sucking up of dirty brake fluid. Such a kit might be worth the trouble and > money.
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