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Originally Posted by deliriousga
One thing I suggest if you don't have it already is the Power Bleeder. It's beautiful and makes complete brake bleeding/fluid change a 20 minute one-man job once the wheels are off. You can get one at www.928gt.com just search for bleeder. The cap size is the same as the Boxster so it does not matter what year model is listed next to the bleeder.
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I did my own bleeding job with the Motive Power Bleeder a while back and it was great. The price on the site John points out is outstanding based on my experience (didn't check on the shipping cost, though).
One pointer: if you are also changing pads when using the power bleeder, be sure to relieve the pressure in the bleeder pressure chamber
before pulling the pads out/rotating the caliper away from the disc. The bleeder keeps feeding fluid into the caliper cylinders and is relentless - there's no way to hold it back with mere mortal strength or regular hand tools! You don't want to over extend the calipers past reasonable travel and/or waste a lot of brake fluid in draining them just to retract the pistons...
Another tip is to relieve the pressure before you do the last wheel's bleeding and then do a standard "assisted" (pedal-pumping) bleed of the last wheel. This way you don't end up with an overfilled master reservoir that needs to be drained... you pump it down while bleeding the last wheel.