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OT: Black Label European Adapter for Power Bleeder Posted by MI-Roger [Email] (#882) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MI-Roger) on Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:33:39 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I received a Black Label European Vehicle Adapter for my Motive Products Power Bleeder as a gift from my wife. The Black Label adapters are advertised as containing a swivel to make connection to the brake resevoir much easier, and have an aluminum rather than plastic cap to thread to the brake fluid resevoir.
Having fought with the kinking hose of the standard adapter I know this swivel equipped adapter will make bleeding the brakes on our Saabs much easier. I always assumed the swivel would be positioned at the mid-point of the hose where the adapter connects to the hose of the pressure tank. No, the swivel is located right at the threaded aluminum cap.
If anyone would like to install a swivel on their current plastic Power Bleeder cap the link below will take them to a part from the Grainger catalog which looks identical to the part used on the Black Label adapters for less than half the cost of the full adapter kit. CAUTION: I did not verify hose, barb, or thread sizes!
The barb to FPT swivel adapter which could be used at the midpoint of the hose is about 1/3 the cost of the male pipe thread swivel version, an even greater savings. Scan the Grainger pages to find one.
_______________________________________ Saabs owned: 2008 9-5 Aero Sedan, sold at 227K miles 2006 9-3SC 2.0T - Wife's daily driver 2000 Viggen Convertible - Sold May, 2022 1964 Quantum IV Formula Car - Retirement project 2000 9-5lpt Sedan, sold at 318K miles
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