"German taught method as an apprentice to work at a Dealership".Now thats perfectly understandable that its a German taught mechanic that fielded this technique years ago.

I use a variation on this theme.

First, flush new brake fluid through to a caliper.

Then, using some flexible hose, connect the bleed nipple on the brake caliper with the bleed nipple on the clutch slave cylinder.

Open both bleed nipples a bit, and then slowly pump the brake pedal until no more bubbles come out at the reservoir end. If you have a combined brake / clutch reservoir, the level won't change by much during the process.

Shut off the bleed nipples.

It works best on front wheel drive cars, where the caliper and the slave cylinder are very close to each other.

Intersting ,that puts a new spin to it .In the Uk ,do you find many diesel Mercedes ? or any diesels for that matter.

Yes, diesels are very popular here.

In the period when W123s were current, diesel cars in the UK were of minority interest - most car diesel engines of the time were rather poor - I was considered odd at the time for running a Vauxhall diesel (a GM brand in the UK). Through the 90's, diesels became really popular, and on the MB web forums in the UK, we're now seeing people asking lots of questions about the common rail diesels, the CDIs.

It made sense for me to run a diesel car, as my father ran a repair garage, MOT station, and haulage yard - we kept our own bulk diesel supply. He had 12 trucks, about half of which were British, and half were MB - most of my MB experience is working on heavy trucks rather than cars.

I run a 1995 E300D W124, and am still considered odd, as it's by far the oldest car in our neighbourhood that's in daily use.

Do you think an import of Mb diesels to the euro market would be profittable? I was selling some of mine to a Grandpa MB enthuisiest who sold them into Mexico.

This video was the simplest and cheapest fix i saw. It only took 20 min. to repair my 2 day mess in my drive. A simple oil can, hose and fluid and I was back. My clutch has never worked this well before. Bench bleed the master cylinder, watch the video, and it is that simple. My hat is off to the man on the screen. He does know what he is doing.

If you ever see one of these grab it. The rebuild kits are getting hard to find and this one is on it's 4th rebuild. This technique has been around a while(how long has it been for Pennzoil brake fluid in a can) and why this tool is no longer made I don't know. We are actually thinking of building it again. This will shoot brake fluid pumping from the rear of the brake system so hard it will almost lift metal covers off the master when it's empty. Once it gets some fluid in the master you can lift the cover and look at the level. If not it will spray big time the first pump. I blow out the lines first, bench bleed the master and if it won't get a pedal pull this baby out and end of problem.

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