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Stay there! Hi everybody! Good day to you! Welcome back! This is part two of our New View Flooring not sponsored. Ford Transit In the last episode, we just finished replacing this right front CV output shaft seal. It was leaking trans fluid. It was leaking it really bad.
It dumped it all over my leg earlier. Maybe I have to change my pants. Not cool. Anyway, we're gonna go ahead and let this down.
I'm gonna shut the engine down, we're gonna finish pulling off the wheels and I'm going to go ahead and set up my BG brake fluid exchange machine if you happen to catch the last episode powering down. If you happen to catch the last episode, we found that the brake fluid was nasty and green and the customer had requested that we replace it. So uh, we're gonna go ahead and proceed with the brake fluid exchange. All righty.
First things first: we're going to need the machine. So let's go ahead and get this out of its storage corner. We'll roll it on over to our van and we'll prep this device. It's basically what's gonna happen here is we're gonna fill this, uh, this chamber with our new brake fluid.
We're then going to connect the pressure hose to the threaded portion of the master cylinder and it's going to pump brand new, fresh brake fluid into that Reservoir Simultaneously, we're going to turn on the vacuum side of this machine and we're going to place that vacuum hose on each individual caliper bleeder valve. We're going to open up the valve and the Machine is going to pressurize and pump in new fluid, simultaneously vacuuming out the old fluid. thus providing a very, very efficient fluid exchange procedure. So the first thing I need to do here is go ahead and pull the rest of these wheels off.
That way we have access to our bleeder valves. Then we can go from there. All right. That was easy.
So what we need to do now is go ahead and we'll bust into the adapter drawer here. Yeah, we've got What do we have on this. We've got a threaded. It's a threaded cap, so we have one threaded cap.
Two We have two threaded caps here. I Think that's the one. Let's get this guy attached to the master cylinder reservoir. Is that the right one? Uh, negative.
That's not the right one. Maybe this one that is correct. Now there's a gasket on there that creates a seal between the cap and the reservoir. Now we can go ahead and connect our pressure hose which I believe is going to be the pump hose.
Let me see what we got here. Yep, that's the one. It's got a valve on it so we can close the flow. It's going to be important later on.
Connect that guy valve closed. Good to go hand tight. Let's go ahead and fill this with our new fluid. Remember earlier when I said this was not going to be enough? This is what I meant We need to use like an entire court here, not the not the little half pints or was that 12 ounces? Yeah, yeah, that's just not going to be enough for a full system exchange.
However, I do have a use for this fluid and I got ahead of myself earlier. Watch this. Here's what we're gonna do: I'm gonna vacuum as much of the fluid out of this Reservoir as I can with the vacuum device and then I'll refill it with this fluid and then I'll perform the flush procedure with the fluid that's going to stay in the system that way. I'm not flushing old fluid through the system first and then just contaminating the new stuff. I can just run some new stuff through it straight away and then switch over to the better stuff. It makes sense to me I Hope it makes sense to you. So here let's go ahead and prep this machine first. Uh I need a Pokey device? There we go.
That's Pokey Okay, let's go ahead and fill our Reservoir chamber all the way to the top. You can see the line, the fill line coming up through the Uh through the vessel. Okay, now this may take just one quart. I may have to use Uh two quarts because again, I'm not gonna let it lead with contaminated fluid because we're paying for an end result.
not so much a procedure. There we go and we need the suction on. I Think that's vacuum pump operated? Yes it is. Suction is good to go, just you can't get much out of this.
I Can get something out, it's good so far. shutter down, then we'll go ahead and top this back off. Yeah dude, it's uh, it's full level. a little too far.
no worries. Um, there it is. Begin threading now. Please thank you.
Click. Put that guy back on. This hose is pressurized. Remember what I said earlier.
We needed to close the valve once. I connected the air supply line to the unit, pressurized that hose right there. So if I were to go ahead and open this valve, it's now charging the system with pressurized brake fluid. Now that's regulated, we can change the pressure and that's set a little too high for what? I Like I Like 15 pounds.
Let me close that some. we have 15. we're good right there. Okay I'll check this out.
Even at 15 pounds, it's applying brake pressure to the uh, the calipers. I Can't turn these. but I Think what we need to do. we're going to grab the suction hose, flip our pump back on, and we're going to go around to the right rear.
Uh, procedure. States When bleeding breaks, you want to start at the furthest location from the master cylinder and then work your way to the closest location. So we would start at the right rear, move to the left rear, then move to the right front and Then move to the left front because that's closest to the master cylinder. Let's put that right there from now.
and I need some lights in here I can't see what I'm doing Okie Dokes Let's unload some of the tools from the pocket here. About an eight millimeter, a 10 millimeter, and some pliers I Don't really need the pliers unless I can't get this rubber boot off of this. which uh I Can There we go? Got it And that's pretty tiny. So I think that's a eight mil? Oh no, it's smaller. Wow. Okay, you grab my seven. Hear it back? Yeah, let's try this seven. Mill Let's see if that one fits.
A little weird. Yep, the seven fits it. Okay, let's crack that guy loose and I'm going to confirm that we have fluid flow. Yes, we do.
and it's green here as well. See that that's nasty. So let's plug our hose in. Lost it.
In fact, this open a little more until we get some flow. There we go see our vacuum I Like to try to bridge the gap with this really far. See how it's doing that? See how far it can take that Gap A little game that I play. All right.
Enough screwing around. So we're gonna plug this guy in for a little while and we're gonna go watch our Reservoir vessel on the machine. There we go. Let's go check our machine real quick and we're gonna see that level fall.
So we pulled through about that much fluid. What I'm gonna do is hang out over here at the uh, the wheel and I'm just gonna randomly remove the line and okay, what we're gonna do is I'm just gonna keep checking this every few seconds and once we get a clear fluid coming out that doesn't have that green Hue to it. we'll know that this line and this rear wheel cylinder it has a has been flush clean and then we can move on to the left rear still looks kind of green. I'm gonna let it ride for a little longer.
There we go. All right, it's been a couple minutes. Let's recheck this and see what it looks like here. Ah, much better see that that tint is gone all right now.
What? I'm gonna do. This is very important at least to me. I'm not going to remove this hose and then try to close that valve because that's this is under vacuum. At this point, the vacuum is overpowering the uh, the fluid flow of the pump.
and if I pull this vacuum line off, it's possibly going to introduce some air into that cylinder. So I want to get this valve closed before removing that vacuum source that I think that's oh, almost I almost have it. Hang on there we go. Okay, now we'll crack it open one more time just to make sure there's no air hanging out.
Compressor: Yep. see those bubbles? All right, and that's a click. Put that guy back. Let's go ahead and move over to the left rear next.
All righty. We're getting into the left rear wheel. same procedure. Compressor is still compressing.
loud noises. Let's get that guy out of here and we'll crack this guy loose. See what we've got? Yep, there's that green again. See that green color? That's our contaminated brake fluid.
and we're just going to vacuum this out until we have clear, okay. time for a recheck. What is that compressor? Are we still greenish looking? Yeah, yeah. we'll go a little bit longer here.
Checking the reservoir, it looks like we're going to be able to accomplish this exchange with just one quart of fluid. I Don't believe it's going to take the uh a second quart. which is good because that stuff's expensive now on. Uh, like some of the trucks, especially Chevrolet trucks, they have a very huge Reservoir in the master cylinder and those are guaranteed gonna take two quarts, possibly even three quarts. Anyway, that looks pretty good. Nice and clear. Yeah, let's go ahead and close that up. And just like the other side, we'll sneak our wrench back there and try to close this valve without pulling the hose off.
I Know I'm going to open it again in a moment, but I Just like to prevent that that vacuum that's present in the system from drawing in air even if it's just momentarily okay. Purge out What may be there? What may not be it. I Got that tight. How did I do that? unclicked? Seriously? Come on.
Yeah, we're good. nowhere. And of course we'll put our little uh cat thing back on. So I keep water from entering that valve and making it rust.
All right. let's move on to the right front wheel. We're halfway done. Our level is still looking good.
We've got plenty of fluid left for the Uh front two calipers. This one's going to be a little bit easier. We have some some extra space in here to play with. There's our cap.
and yeah, that's a 10 millimeter. Okay, fortunately, I still have a 10 millimeter in my pocket. except it's a nine millimeter. Okay, except that's an eight millimeter.
Okay, so uh, fortunately I still have an eight millimeter in my pocket and aha, what, It's a nine mil. What is this? I Never even used my nine mil. I've never used my nine mil. Hang on here.
Yeah, there it is. There's the nine Shiny. Let's try this again. It got me the Euro Ford Engineering got me on.
Click. Okay, we've got flow. That's good. Let's get our hose on there and let it ride now.
I'm going to let this thing run down until it's at the halfway mark on this. Reservoir So I'm going to flush out that entire caliber caliper with all this fluid here. we'll close it off and we'll flush out the rest of the fluid here with the right front caliper. Now you'll notice the way this is labeled.
It basically says master cylinder and then start your wheels. We did the master cylinder first. That way we were not uh or we didn't use the machine rather to uh to fill the master cylinder I just filled it manually so we kind of had some extra left over in the reservoir. It's a personal preference I Like to do it that way.
you don't have to do it that way. It's just kind of my way. that's oily too. There we go: decontaminate the flanges.
Okay, we're getting close. A few more seconds and we're ready to rock with that uh, that left front, you know? I bet I can speed this up? Hang on, let's close this off real quick and recover my wrench I bet if I crack this valve open a little more, it'll speed up the process. There we go two turns, see if this is going to go any faster and it it's yeah. we got some flow going now. see the line right here. much more better. Oh, and all the old fluid that this thing recovers. it ends up in this tank down here.
pretty nasty and you just dump that tank out with your waste oil and then have that disposed up and recycled. Okay, compressor just came back on again. The machine says we're good to go. Let's go ahead and close that valve off.
check it real quick for contaminants. we're just looking for bubbles. Nice clean fluid. Perfect.
All right. Let's get the cap on there and move over to the uh, the left front. So that's three down one to go here. We'll hang that here.
This guy goes over. Yonder Give me that. Put you aside, where's my nine? Yeah, this job is like loud noises Galore Just a constant between the compressor and the pump. Lots of noises send that guy open and we got flow.
So I'm gonna go ahead and run this down. probably till it's nearly empty. And that should conclude the fluid exchange regarding our brake hydraulic fluid. What you doing? Oh, what is that? Hey, are you drinking on the job? No, you're drinking.
It's empty. You are so fired. Oh, it's empty. That means you drank it all.
You're so fired. Stop. you're fired. We got you.
We totally got you all right. This thing should be done by now. Uh, nearly. Hang on.
How close are we almost there? Close enough for me. Let's close up our valve and inspect our fluid condition. There we go, watch the pump speed up once it purges the line. There we go.
I Like to listen to this vacuum pump. It's a good one anyway. Let's see we get. Are we clear? Yeah, that looks pretty good.
Oh yeah, we're good. That's brand new fluid. Beautiful. Put our cap on, power our machine down, and uh, that is that that is a brake system fluid exchange.
Now what we do not do is attempt to disconnect this fitting right here because this system is still under pressure. So what we need to do is release said pressure and that's not going to work with our line attached. Hang on here now. It'll go very good.
Close our valve, disconnect and that's a clean spill free transition and look at that. Nice, clean, not corroded or contaminated brake fluid. But you'll notice we're a little high on our level, aren't we? Our max line is here. We started off down here.
It's sort of near the Min line, but we're a little over. So what we do? come back over and power our machine back on one more time. Fire up the vacuum. one more time we take our vacuum.
wipe that off. Hang on there we go. Nice and clean. Now we'll just vacuum some of that fluid out, vacuuming things.
We'll vacuum some of that out until we've reached the proper level, which is right about theirs. If I spy, Correct with my little eye. It looks good. Put that guy back in three, powering down and that is a service complete. Really? Uh, awkward. Hang on here. Put that right back where it goes. Stay.
stay there. All right everybody. That's that service complete. We're good to go.
Hope you enjoyed this brake fluid exchange I I Know I've been promising you guys forever and ever and ever since. I I held a job once upon a time that I would uh I would do a more detailed fluid exchange I Would have loved to have done it earlier, but our machines were let's call them less than existent and I wasn't able to uh do such a service in the level that I wanted to which is why I've never made a video about it before. So this is the first ever brake fluid exchange that I've ever performed on camera. I Hope you guys enjoyed this procedure I Hope I explained it clearly enough to uh to understand.
Uh, if you have any questions, please feel free to let me know about those in the comment section down below. Um, if you're going to ask, most people suggest a fluid exchange service to be done at every 30 000 miles or with a brake job whichever comes first, probably the 30 000 miles anyway. I'm off on a tangent. Uh, again, if you have any questions, just register those down below in the comments section.
So that being said, as always and again, thank you guys for watching and most importantly, do not forget to have yourselves a great day! See you guys later! End of New View Not sponsored. That's just what it says.
well done .. I learned something I didnt know .. Thank you
It would really help if the vacuum line had a clear glass viewing tube in it so you could see the color of the fluid without removing the vac line.
Question here. Not a Mechanic but bent many wrenches…..Why is it only Turd (Ehm Ford) brake fluid goes green? None of my ancient Jap Crap (I use that term with love) nor old Chevies or Dodges has ever done this!
Interesting. Also, ever consider putting down an epoxy floor covering? Our local high school district put down epoxy on all the auto shops and it really made for easy clean-up without stains.
Very handy and time saving, all the best to yous and your loved ones
I'd always exchange break fluid on aircraft on an annual inspection, the ones I'd not worked on had old fluid yellow and like treacle instead of red.
If I still did aircraft maintenance I'd do videos.
Now I'm building aircraft for film work so they don't need to be airworthy.
Brake fluid is hydroscopic so it does indeed go bad by eventual water contamination from condensation. This is why even after you open a bottle of brake fluid it starts to go bad and does not have an indefinite shelf life (once open).
I got a <$30 manual pressure brake fluid bleeder and it works great. Finally did this task at almost 200k. Fluid wasn't terrible, but it was well past time. My truck manual says 50psi, but the max of my tool was 30psi, which worked fine.
Yeah I did my wife’s Corolla and the back were 10mm and front 8mm, I like my Honda 10mm all round
Dirty dog pissed on my leg lol sorry
What if you had speed bleeders installed?
Would you not worry so much about air getting back in when disconnecting the vac line?
After the week the Wife unit has had. she needs that beer.
I am surprised that you did not take the opportunity to make the back of the calipers "nice and shiny" to wash off the brake fluids that spilled out before suction was applied. XD good video – very well explained how a decent tool lets you exchange the brakes fluid better then way Ive used to do it. which was basically me allowing fluid to fall into catch thing until fluid was empty then add new and bleed system.. – this way seems so much better and technically faster too.
Wtf they did an auto and a 2ltr version….. Next thing u will tell me that is petrol
Hey Ray. Just a thought,take it or leave it. The renovations your doing? Why not make a sound proof room for you air and any noise related machine's. Heck, you could even have cameras in there and a monitor outside so you can take Reed's on machines and have extended hoses from the room not far away.
Maybe a good idea, but it might cost a little.
Love your videos, take care bud. 😎👍
Brakcleen???
this looks like a Tik Tok ''kack''.!!
i think a ''gravity bleed'' would have been quicker and easier.
and… why was the fluid green.?
i've seen clear, amber, and too dam dark, but never green…???
I don't change my brake fluid very often, but when I do it looks like NyQuil. 🤢😅
Wooooow never seen a 9mm used before. My 9mm wrench is still a virgin after all these years with me thinking it's time will never come 😅
What I like about this is that working on my own cars, I've thought about a better way to bleed brakes and now I got to see one in action.
Time to go get a fluid exchange with the wife unit, jobs over.
Been a fan for awhile, spent many hours just binging on your channel. I fell, fracturing my tibia in two spots. I now have lots of time to watch your channel for the next few weeks. Keep them coming in your two channels and the Wife Unit channel. Luckily all my vehicles are repaired for the moment and no wrenching is needed.
Lol, I’m envious, hanging out with fam at work, and running your own business.
Take the vacuum off and let the pump push a little more through before tightening the bleeder screw and you won't have the trapped air. The ever so slight variation in vacuum-to-pump flow rate causes the trapped air.
Ray is not asking you "know it alls" a question so stop answering. It's just a video title.
Have a 14 Frontier with only 45K on it and have been debating whether to do this or not, this video has convinced me to go ahead and have it done.
So wish I had you as my mechanic but up here in canada rust .
Ya did it Ray. You finally drove the poor woman to drinking.😂
wtf 15psi in dribble out something not right there Ray i have a transit in uk and had to cycle abs to get a good bleed
The BG machine is a waste of time and money. There are different brake fluids used in vehicles depending on build date and or requirements. So with this machine you are mixing fluids on every exchange done. Not impressed. Is one going to flush the whole system after every use? More waste of money and time. I doubt you can perfectly ever get all of that system clean again after the 1st. use.
Also this thing pressurizes the reservoir tank, which can break it due to being plastic and all the heat cycles make it brittle . Is he gonna eat that when that happens ?
The suction way of fluid exchanges are the better way to not damage things and the way not to contaminate the system with mixed brake fluid types.
I didn't see you clean/purge the fresh fluid supply hose, by running it for a couple of seconds before connecting to the brake fluid reservoir…
Drinking on the job, was she! You can't fool Ray!
I use Castrol brake fluid in my cars; Jaguar, Ferrari, Bentley, and Honda, plus Triumph motorcycle. our opinion of Castrol compared to what you use?
Sweet Wife-U you got, LOL!
it is clear as the new brake fluid👍
Yes, Brake fluid over time absorbs water because its hydroscopic, There for it will become very corrosive to the internals of the Brake system if not replaced in a timely interval.
Cold snacks should be allowed at work for certain!! 🤣🤣🤣
Brake fluid does not degrade though can get contaminated. With a sealed brake system no moisture should be able to intrude. Water in a brake system will make your pedal spongy. I’ve had 200,000 miles on the same brake fluid without issue. However this is a car that is not driven in cold or adverse weather
Power steering fluid most likely went away when a previous mechanic moved the wheels back and forth while doing some work on it.. Fords puke fluid out of the reservoir if you move the wheels a bunch with the engine of. Just my 2 cents on it
That’s a very cool machine
Nice video Ray. Yes, brake fluid as stated below, absorbs moisture, just removing the cap will allow some moisture to get into the master cylinder, that is one reason that manufacturers went to using the semi-transparent reservoirs, no need to open them to check fluid level. One thing you might want to explain to the viewers the difference between DOT 3, 4, & 5 brake fluid, and explain why you never use oil in a brake system. Love your videos Ray!
this is one of the best videos on your channel
Looks like someone mistakenly added green coolant to the brake reservoir.
Funny catching wife unit drinking. Lol.
Another great educational video. I’m going to do brake fluid exchange on my 2012 Ram.
I had a mechanic friend told me to gravity bleed my ford edge and my e450 rv, brakes, it works great and no need for all that expensive equipment. Just open the bleeders up for 15 minutes or so each and keep the reservoir filled.
Next guy to do a brake job is gonna be surprised when he compresses all the calipers and has brake fluid backing up and over filling the reservoir. LOL
In FORDS everything goes bad!!!!!
Ok my truck is just a little over due. 30,000 miles you say? Don't remember a fluid exchange ever being done and it has almost 600,000 miles on the clock.
Might be about time lol.
Is there going to be a part three? Seems you missed brake clean procedures. I hope so. Thanks Ray.
Brake fluid turns greenish because of the copper ions absorbed from the brake lines.
There are test strips you can buy to test for the level of contamination.
Why do I feel like I just went to the dentist – LOL!
Our bleeder has adapters for the bleeder and suction hose
there we go.
All that and no break clean spray 🙁
I've got 330k miles on my Nissan. Never changed the brake fluid. I think I've had to add a little here and there after doing brake jobs. So keep spending all your money on wacky fluid changes. Every time I replaced a brake line some new fluid was put in. I think you all are nuts and yes I have been ASE certified and graduated top of my class, with an associates degree in Automotive Technology.
Was watching this one at the airport this morning, giggled kinda loudly and got a few funny looks when you sprung your wife with the beer, great to see you're enjoying the shop owner life
it seems that the silicone hose makes it hard to see the old fluid, why not use some windscreen washer hose instead?
The old rule of thumb, most distant caliper to closest caliper, is not always the correct order. e.g., late model VW and Acura (and I suppose Honda and Audi) go FL, FR, RL, RR — the opposite order from what we used to always do.
A green hue to the bake fluid does that mean its contaminated with copper from the brake pipes. Maybe they need replacing?
Nice and shiney
“Florida woman drinks on job”
I always clean and dry the fitting before putting cap back on. Helps prevent the rubber failing.
That machine blows and sucks lol.
Catching your wife drinking was hella funny!
Wow I need to get one of them machines
I'm a bit embarrassed to say I never knew about changing brake fluid except as associated with repairs.
😛😛😛Wife Unit got BUSTED!!!!!! lol
Never saw you torque that right front axle nut. Sure you did though!
Yes, it is a hydroscopic fluid, which turns acidic when it contains moisture and can eat through paint and other coatings. It is, however, very good to rubber, unlike oil.
OH Ray the suction line is suppose to suck to not make a mess. The positive pressure in the system will not have air, the bubbles you were showing was due to the vac suction which removed the fluid. Good job though, nice to see you removed the dirty fluid from reservoir before the flush. I worked next to many guys that would not do that with the BG brake fluid machine with 4 suction hoses and it took them longer due to stupidity of laziness. You did it correctly I like that. BTW you gotta get that phone ring thing again that was your stick and I think we all miss it, your mileage may vary.
It's so much more fun to see you work in your own shop. Thanks for the content, and always reminding us to have a great day!
great vid yes brakefluid goes bad,its hygroscopic so it absorbs moisture lowering your boiling point and corrroding calipers etc.
That's a bit easier than using a turkey baster
Ummm as long as a system is pressurized you can not get a vacume.
This is the only channel that actually takes the time to explain what your doing which is awesome!!! I wish I found your channel sooner!
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Every 30,000 miles? Lol, I just did a brake fluid exchange on my Taurus for the first time at 380,000 miles while I replaced all the brake components. oops.
Ray spying on his wife 😭
When I was working with the government for the Army Reserves if I was caught letting brake fluid or anything like that just flow all over the floor my boss would be up my rear end and having me clean the whole deck down for having brake fluid or any oil dripping on the floor that's not necessary you should use a drip pan
Do you still have to pump and bleed the brakes after you do that service?
Its 🍺 thirty time!! So says your Boss!!
Brake fluid starts deteriorating the instant it is exposed to the atmosphere. The fluid is hydrostatic and absorbs water from the atmosphere the second you pop the seal on the container up to the time you place the sealed cap back on the master cylinder.
The moisture it absorbs will lower the boiling point of the fluid the longer it is exposed. Boiling brake fluid is bad for stopping. Another feature of brake fluid is that it is a wonderful paint remover, if you spill the fluid on your body paint rinse it off immediately or sadness will prevail.
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Brake fluid also boils at a lower temperature when it absorbs moisture. That in turn, releases gases, and becomes more acidic.
I have seen, and agree with recommendations for a complete flush, every 4 years, as Ray did here.
I had a new 2011 Transit Connect supplied by my job. The brilliantly designed dual clutch transmission crapped out before 30k. Vehicle was at dealership 10 days, Ford required it be rebuilt at dealership they would not swap it out. I turned the truck in at 85k when the new vans came in. That transmission was on its way out again. Additionally the Transit Connect had a miserable heater from day one. When temps dropped near zero F I would freeze my feet in the cab. Now the full size Transit 250 loaner I had multiple times was a very nice driving van.
Brake fluid is hygroscopic, meaning it will absorb moisture from its surroundings. And we all know you don't want water in the fluid. Makes for a mushy brake pedal.
You need to check with Challenger Lifts to see if they can help you out with new lifts for the shop. Made in the USA.
So you are going to leave the unused brake fluid in the machine so the next guy gets new fluid with water in it??
Thanks!
I see you will be pushing BG snake-oil so you can use their fancy machines.
I’m impressed that ford is using DOT 4 brake fluid that fluid is usually found in high performance cars.
make sure you tell the customer that's that brake fluid reservoir and not the coolant reservoir.
Cool job
So, do you really it is a good idea to put a video out into the world that shows men are perfectly capable of vacuuming ???
I know your audience is male dominant, but stil…
Lets unite and synchronise our stories: "we can only vacuum when the vacuuming-device is operated by a compressor"
Geez Ray, what were you thinking?
good to see you use new fluid// i have seen some shops use fuild that has been in the changer for a few months
I like the Wynns machine better. Can do all 4 wheels simultaneously 👍🏻. Did a flush on my 2000 Jeep XJ years ago. Could see all the nastys coming out the lines. Brake performance levelled up big time!
Mail in Miller Lite, preferably NOT empty.