From my web site:
(copied from
http://www.stu-offroad.com/suspensio...brakebleed.htm)
With the engine NOT running (yes, I said not running), have your helper sit in the driver seat so that he or she can completely depress the brake pedal. Instruct your helper to push hard on the pedal and continue doing so until you tell them to stop. When they have applied pedal pressure, carefully crack open the bleeder nipple to let the air and brake fluid run out and into the glass. As you bleed off the air and fluid, the brake pedal will sink to the floor board. Once it does, close the bleeder nipple and instruct your helper to release the brake pedal. Wait about 5 seconds and repeat this process again.....apply brake pedal pressure....crack open the bleeder nipple....watch the air and fluid bubble out....close the bleeder nipple.....release the brake pedal.
Depending on how much air is in the brake lines, you will need to do the above procedure a number of times. Once I get three or four good bleeds, where there is no longer any air bubbling out, I move to the next tire. If it has been a while since your brake fluid has been flushed, you will notice some pretty dark fluid coming out the line. When the new fresh fluid replaces the old fluid in the brake lines, you'll see much cleaner fluid coming out (which is why I prefer to use a glass container).
Be sure to check your master cylinder level before you start bleeding the first time and after finishing with each tire. The brake fluid level in the master cylinder reservoir will drop as the trapped air is pushed out of the brake lines. If you let the reservoir level drop to low, it will suck air and put it into the system. This is NOT cool and then you will have to start all over since you will have air at the very beginning of the brake lines and it all needs to be bled off. You don't want this to happen! I can usually bleed both back brakes before I need to add fluid. I then can normally do both front brakes before topping off the reservoir and calling the job done.
Be careful NOT to get brake fluid on your paint finish. The two don't get along and your paint will be the one that comes out on the short end of the stick.