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Old 6th March 2021, 08:22   #1
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Question Eezibleed?

I bought an Eezibleed set as an impulse buy last weekend, as the Rover 25 was off the road with poor performing brakes. None of the supplied screw caps fitted, so I modded an old 25's bayonet twist cap to fit, and attached the Eezibleed feed pipe into the top of it. Having read the stories of brake fluid squirting everywhere, I did a light 'dry' test at 10 psi, half the recommended max pressure, with a small bicycle tyre. It leaked. I fitted a new O ring seal in the modded cap and tried again, it was better, but still leaked around the cap seal. Not wanting a brake fluid shower, or having to run around the brake nipples at the speed of Benny Hill, I chucked the Eezibleed in the corner and resorted to a clear pipe with a one-way valve on the end. This worked fine, once I had worked out that the old master cylinder was not pumping through to rear brakes and fitted a bench-bled new master cylinder.

My question is, does the Eesibleed fit the 75/ZT brake or clutch circuit with the supplied screw fittings, and does anyone think it is worth keeping?
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Old 6th March 2021, 10:32   #2
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I used it on the clutch but the brakes, took marinabrians advice.
"Suck out" most of the brake fluid but not enough to introduce air in to the system. Fill with new clean brake fluid, open calliper bleed nipple and let gravity do the rest.

surprised how well it work.

There is an order on bleeding but I cannot remember it

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I used it on the clutch but the brakes, took marinabrians advice.
"Suck out" most of the brake fluid but not enough to introduce air in to the system. Fill with new clean brake fluid, open calliper bleed nipple and let gravity do the rest.

surprised how well it work.

There is an order on bleeding but I cannot remember it

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I guess you mean suck out the old brakes fluid from the reservoir with a syringe? Do the supplied screw caps fit the ZT/75 clutch reservoir?
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Forty years ago, when I used to service and rebuild my own cars ( they were much simpler then!) , Eezibleed was one of my most useful tools. However, I asked my Rover mechanic whether he liked it, and he said 'no', as it can damage the seals on the 75. Not really a definitive opinion, but worth noting.
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I guess you mean suck out the old brakes fluid from the reservoir with a syringe? Do the supplied screw caps fit the ZT/75 clutch reservoir?
yes to syringe and I think test to cap fitting but I cant remember, sorry

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I've used Eezi Bleed on my 75 on both the brake and clutch systems for years now. There was a cap in my kit that fitted the brake reservoir, but I had to modify an old clutch reservoir cap for the clutch (before bleeding lose the black condom and on completion leave the level about 10mm from the top and fit a snug O ring into the cap). Bleed pressure for both 15 - 20 psi from a car tyre (testing for leaks before hand with an empty Eezi Bleed reservoir).
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I've used mine for both clutch and brake fluid changes.

But it's probably three decades old so maybe the cap sizes have changed?

I've found it invaluable over the years across a whole range of car manufacturers.
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Yep I have used easibleed for years on all my car. Use it on the ZT clutch and brakes.

The biggest thing I found was not to have the supply pressure too high. Again my caps may be different as I have had mine for years.
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Ta for the responses. Pretty positive, so I’ll pack the kit away for future use. Just not on the R25, unless I can get that bayonet cap to seal!
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I use a Sealey VS820 brake bleeder which works well on my 75 - I guess it works the same as the Eazibleed.

However, much the same as you I found I was unable to use it on my partners 25 as it has an odd shaped cap.

You can get a 'universal' adaptor cap for the Sealey unit, maybe there's something similar for the Eazibleed?
Not sure how effective it is as it looks a bit like some sort of torture method.



Though I don't have that so resorted to a technique I had read on the forum - syringe the old fluid out of the reservoir, fill with new.
Then the old fashioned method of an assistant to press on the brake pedal while you attend to the bleed nipples until the fresh fluid comes through (quite easy to tell in this case as the old fluid was nasty).
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