[alfa] Sucking Brake Fluid

[Tarus Balog <alfa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I figured the title might catch folks' eyes (grin).

I am pretty new to maintaining my Alfa (1986 Spider Veloce) so I hope 
folks will indulge my numerous questions.

I worked on the brakes this weekend, and I wanted to change the brake 
fluid. The fluid chamber, however, had two compartments, and I couldn't 
figure out a way to get to the second one and suck out all of the old 
fluid. I ended up draining it out through one of the brake lines (at 
the caliper) by using new fluid to push it out, but it did mix a bit.

I'd rather be able to get as much old fluid out as possible before 
bleeding the brakes at the calipers - does anyone have a good 
suggestion?

-T

P.S. Thanks to everyone who gave me advice about brake pads. I ended up 
using Ferodo pads that were on sale at IAP (not the high performance 
ones).
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