Why didn't I already own this tool?

Blaze

Blaze

The Jeeper Reaper
Joined
Aug 9, 2005
Location
Wake Forest, NC
Mityvac.

Holy crap this thing is awesome.

After all the years spent bleeding brakes and clutches the old way, never again. I spent Tuesday night under my Trans Am trying to bleed a clutch setup that was brand new and I failed to bench bleed. After being coated in brake fluid and still having a dead clutch pedal, yesterday I went and bought a Mityvac. I literally had it done in 10 minutes without any mess at all.

Tomorrow I get to do the front brakes on my wife's Trailblazer, so at least I'll get good use out of it.
 
They are definitely handy, even the cheapo $5 imitation one I picked up at Harbor Fright that broke on my first use (should have known), and was promptly rigged up has more than paid for itself. I've used it 4-5 times with the rigged repair and it definitely makes bleeding brakes/clutches by your self way easier.
 
A friend of mine, 4X4girl on here, rigged up a nice system for brakes and such. It's a large piece of PVC pipe, with a threaded lid. It is necked down at the bottom with a hose that fits over a bleeder valve. you can put a small amount of pressure in the "tank", and when I say small amount, use a hand pump. A valve at the bottom to allow it to push fluid into chamber and push out of the reservoir. I Turkey baster to suck it out, and you can change the fluid, and bleed them too. Works great for a one man team. BTW you just hang the "tank" part on your frame via a wire that you can bent to suit the set up.
 
i have both a pressure vac and a mityvac.. i would rather use the mityvac but i dont have power in my shop yet.. both are great

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Yup use the mityvac all the time!
Its also great for replacing power steering fluid - suck it out of the resovoir instead of makin ga huge mess by popping a hose.

One note: for brakes, it really helps to take the bleeder screws out and wrap some yellow Teflon around the threads. That way you get a better seal and it won't suck air through the threads. Don't use white Telfon b/c the brake fluid will eat it.
 
Tip of the day!!!
Don't forget to oil the seal in it. A drop or two of oil in the rear where the plunger comes out the rear and it will last much longer...
 
Good tip!
I've accidentally sucked brake fluid through mine a few times... I'm sure that's not helping that seal out any ;-)
 
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