Yours might be a different size depending on the specific calipers your vehicle's equipped with. Ours happen to be a 10 millimeter open end wrench to open those bleeder screws. You don't want to spin this out much more than about a quarter of a turn because anything else could cause it to leak out of the side of the threads, which obviously means fluid isn't going to get pulled back in there, air is, and that's going to defeat the purpose of what we're trying to do here. You've got to kind of work it on there a bit but then it's on there good and tight. Our 3/16 fuel line is actually just a little bit smaller than the bleeder fitting. It's still more to the front of the vehicle so the bleeding procedure will be the same. Our ABS module is not located in the engine bay like the majority of them are. Underneath the truck on the inside of the frame rail, this sits actually just about dead under the driver's seat in the front. A simple check over the brake lines should show you which one has the longest lines. If it's in the driver's rear, then the passenger front should be your farthest corner. If it's in the passenger rear corner then the farthest line is going to be the driver's front. This will depend on where your module is so just take a look at it and see which lines are the longest. If your vehicle has a rear mounted ABS module, this process will be reversed of the way we're going to do it with your brakes starting to bleed in the front and ending in the rear. A rear mounted ABS unit will make this procedure the opposite of the way we're going to do it. This vehicle does have an ABS module underneath just about the middle of the truck but it's a little more forward so these lines still hold true. This is to make sure that any air or dirty fluid in the system gets flushed completely though the longest line to make sure that there isn't any trapped when we go closer and closer to the master cylinder. We'll then go to the driver's rear, passenger front, and end on the driver's front. The proper procedure for bleeding your brakes on the vast majority of vehicles including this one is to start at the furthest wheel from the master cylinder, which is going to be the passenger rear. You don't want any moisture getting in there. Make sure you keep your fluid nice and tight too. Once it's full we'll throw the cap back on so nothing gets in there. Remove your cap and fill the master cylinder all the way because we don't want this to bleed down and get air into it or we'll be starting our whole process over. If yours is dirty, wipe it off and make sure you don't let any dirt or contaminates get into the fluid. ![]() Our master cylinder reservoir is already clean because I had to fill the fluid and bleed the master cylinder in this due to a brake line failure we had, which is why we're bleeding the rest of our brakes now. I'm going to fill it about a third of the way. You want to make sure you clean out whatever fluid was in there. We'll take the bottle and that's brake fluid in the bottom. Then I just drilled a small vent hole in it because you do build up a little bit of pressure in there. We don't have to worry about this moving around or pulling out on us. If something happens this hose will stay down there and submerged in the fluid. Drill a hole big enough to fit the fuel line through and then I threw a zip tie on there so we can hang it from the back of the vehicle and not worry about it falling or having somewhere to put it. ![]() That's what you want to use because it sits pretty tight on top of the bleeder screws, so you don't need anything to tension it on to make sure no air or moisture gets in there while you're bleeding. You can use any kind of plastic bottle but just about this size is what you want. All you do is: we just took an old soda bottle. This is very easy to make and inexpensive. Real quick, we're going to talk to you about the tool we made here for bleeding brakes by yourself. ![]() If you ever need parts for your car, you can follow the link down in the description over to. We have a ton more information on this and many more vehicles as well as more generic help tips like this. If you like this video please click subscribe. The only thing that's really going to be different is the size and location of your bleeder screws. Now this video is on this specific vehicle, however this application can be applied to just about any vehicle. We're going to show you how to bleed brakes by yourself using only a bottle and some fuel line to make a self-bleeding tool. Visit us at, your trusted source for quality auto parts. ![]() We're dedicated to delivering quality auto parts, expert customer service, fast and free shipping, all backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee. We've been selling auto parts for over 30 years.
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