Why are these so expensive?

[David_Doan]

HIGH CAPACITY BRAKE RESERVIOR KIT AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE 1958-1964

They're not really required, but would make bleeding easier. Wasn't this standard on an older car? MGA maybe?

 

[AN5Sprite]

Yowza! I thought they were too much at $80.

I just used my new Motive pressure bleeder today for the first time. Now that is is something that's worth every penny IMO.

 

[David_Doan]

Yowza! I thought they were too much at $80.

I just used my new Motive pressure bleeder today for the first time. Now that is is something that's worth every penny IMO.

I made a pressure bleeder out of a garden sprayer. Makes bleeding an easy one man job.

 

[64rocksprite]

It doesn't need to be that much.. I bought one for $40..gotta keep an eye out.
That cap is from an MGA..twin-cam perhaps? It's not on all MGA's.

 

[65_BRG_Sprite]

David- details on the bleeder please!

 

[David_Doan]

David- details on the bleeder please!

Its in my blog here

I got the idea here

Basically you just buy the cheapest garden sprayer you can find and cut the wand off. Then add a hose barb to an old reservoir cap, or in the case of the Bugeye, the cap from from a brake fluid bottle fits pretty good.

The process:

• Fill the reservoir
• Pour some brake fluid into the sprayer
• Clamp the end of the hose (or use a valve)
• Pump it up
• Bleed all the air out of the line
• Screw the end on to the reservoir
• Release the clamp
• Bleed each brake and the clutch
• re-clamp
• remove the hose from the reservoir

 

[Billm]

That cap adder is for the 1600 and later MGA's (when they went to disk brakes).
BillM

 

[Trevor Jessie]

When doing a pressure bleeder, be careful not to use a bunch of pressure. A few PSI is all that is needed.

 

[mgfish]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Austin-Hea...Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c6a6b2b9&vxp=mtr $79.95 comes with an early style metal cap

 

[David_Doan]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Austin-Hea...Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c6a6b2b9&vxp=mtr $79.95 comes with an early style metal cap

that still seems like a crazy price. I guess guys doing very authentic restorations are willing to pay.

 

[mgfish]

David,

Moss wants $49.95 NO CAP I found a place that will sell me them for $39.95 if I buy 5 and they have a nice reproduction metal cap I need to know if there are 5 people interested I can also get the 7/8" master cylinder in the picture for $129.95 each but again I need to buy 5 so if anyone is interested let me know.

Bob Fisher

 

[Guest]

I might have to try to cast some of these.