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Just curious Michael Yount, as you know I always use the stick and frequently recommend it. You say you "switched" methods. It would seem, once you had a stick cut to length, it would be more than a few seconds faster to grab and place it than to top off the reservoir and get tape to adhere over the cap's vent or be sure a stretch of plastic film under the cap did not rip as the cap is being tightened.
Yes, you don't have to remove the brake light fuse if you don't block the master. I just wonder why you would change your method. That's just a little harder for me to understand than keeping a method that works for you and not trying an alternative.
The principle of denying air entrance to the system is behind both methods. The stick just prevents it using the seals in the master cylinder. Either method, it would seem, is equally capable of preventing loss of fluid from an open line over the long term.
But I warn against gravity filling the new caliper with the bleed valve open by walking away to eat lunch. If the lines are clear, gravity and the atmosphere through that little vent hole can empty a reservoir in just a few minutes. If that happens, you don't have a choice anymore whether to bleed just one caliper or the whole car.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore
If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them.
-Phil Pastoret
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