Did you actually try this trick?

I can see how it might work but old bleed nipples in wobbly calliper casting holes would probably leak too wouldn't they?

There is a down side (although I can imagine after trying to bleed a clutch on a W201 for a while most people won't care!) => doing this with dirty fluid in the clutch line of course means that the muck gets pushed back up into the reservoir.

Admittedly this is also a problem with reverse bleeding from the nipple up into the reservoir too - so to start with a drain and a power bleed downwards reduces the chances of muck ending up at the top of the system - and there's also the vague chance the downwards power bleed will work (in your dreams!)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
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