Flushed the brakes using a Motive Power Bleeder and ATE Super Blue Racing fluid.









If you bleed your own brakes and have a manual trans, don't forget to bleed the clutch slave cylinder!

Drained and replaced the transaxle fluid with Red Line MT90. Sorry, didn't get any pics of the actual procedure... but basically you just open the drain and let the old stuff out, replace the plug, open the fill port, and fill until it overflows (2 quarts). To fill it, I drilled a hole in one of the quart bottle lids and poked a 3/8" hose into it. Then I screwed the bottle back on, held it upside down (with the other end of the hose in the trans), and poked an air hole in the bottom (now the top) of the bottle. Repeat with the second bottle.



I took her out for a spin and did an emergency stop to make sure new fluid was pumped through the ABS pump.

 

I'm jealous...you have your own car lift?

 

What, doesn't everybody? Not really my own... my father's. He works on cars in his retirement. Lifts really aren't that expensive, but you need the proper height to make them useful. His garage has a 12 foot ceiling. That's about the minimum... unless you want your lift outdoors. I know the lift was around $3,000 including installation. I think it's worth that just for the family cars we work on.

 

i talked to a guy who has one of those lifts in a "storage style" warehouse where he works on cars... that's about what his cost. it's up in buffalo. the guy works for dezod.

i bet it's totally worth it, especially if you do your own work!

 

By the way, the rear brake bleeders are 10mm, which was no problem, but the front two and the clutch were 8mm. Even with a nice line wrench, they wanted to round out. I ended up using a nice set of Knipex pliers to open the two caliper bleeders. The clutch bleeder opened with an 8mm wrench. Just a little bit annoying.