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I'm a notice who likes to tinker with cars. I'm looking for recommendations for a brake bleeder kit, preferable one that would allow me to bleed the brakes solo. Any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks.
 
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Thank you all. I had no idea that there were so many options.
 
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pumping the pedal is not he best way of doing it the motive bleeder work the best out of the couple i have used , a lot of time when you manually bleed a brake system, you will go to far with the brake pedal and score the seal in the master cyl ( seen it many time )

as for what motive kit to buy i just bought the simple one with the 2 universal adapters never had a problem and can really flush a brake system good

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For me I really like Motive Products Power Bleeder . tool l Tried speed bleeders but they just dont work as good as thy Motive power bleeder My Jeep has ABS brakes and I was told you have to have a scan tool to bleed this system BUT the Motive is the only tool I have found that works great with the abs system
The speed bleeders did not work that great with abs :dunno:
 
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Is the Motive Power Bleeder the same as the Sealy VS820?
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Anybody use or have knowledge of the Mityvac MV6835?
 

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Love these!
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I will be cleaning out the entire brake system then Amsoil will be used to fill system on the vehicles. So them zerks have a place, just not on these right now.
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Also, are the Speedbleeders made by Russel only? I will look for a Speedbleeder kit or something for later. Need to get anti-seize for them too? I ask sense they have thread lock or something on them in the pictures.
 
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JASTECH said:
Anybody use or have knowledge of the Mityvac MV6835?
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I have this and really like it. I spent a lot of time deciding between the mityvac vacuum or the motive pressure bleeder. The motive takes different adapters for different vehicles which would start to add up if you work on different makes and models. They do make a universal adapter but something about having brake fluid under pressure with a universal adapter just didn't sit well with me. That was the other part, didn't really care to have brake fluid under pressure in case anything went wrong. I know a lot of guys love the motive. I just liked how with the mityvac you just fill the container and tip upside down on the master so you don't have to worry about letting it get low and then just hook the vacuum up to the bleeder screws. Super easy to do.
 
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I will be cleaning out the entire brake system then Amsoil will be used to fill system on the vehicles. So them zerks have a place, just not on these right now.
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Also, are the Speedbleeders made by Russel only? I will look for a Speedbleeder kit or something for later. Need to get anti-seize for them too? I ask sense they have thread lock or something on them in the pictures.
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I don't know who makes them but I didn't put anything on them before screwing them in. I literally would give that a try before buying a bleeder. I literally bled my brakes using an old gatorade bottle and a tube. Nothing else--just pump brakes and done.
 
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signcrafter, It's a hard choice for me. I will do my Scout's, old 73' CJ, 2003 Grand Chickoree, 2000 Dodge mini van and my 88' f350. So will need adapters. I can get the Mityvac for $120.00 or so. Then wondering if the hand pump or compressor does better job? That Sealy one looks to be higher quality then hand pump mentioned. Need more input from the members here in order to make a educated decision.
 
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So it's narrowed down to either Motive or Mytivac. They are less money then others. Then I guess air compressor hook up beats all the pumping and lower back ache as mentioned above, I have L4 & L5 problems with pain. That means Mytivac is only one that uses compressor?
 
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So it's narrowed down to either Motive or Mytivac. They are less money then others. Then I guess air compressor hook up beats all the pumping and lower back ache as mentioned above, I have L4 & L5 problems with pain. That means Mytivac is only one that uses compressor?
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The mityvac you hook up to compressor and it pulls a vacuum to **** the fluid threw. I've never used a motive type bleeder so not sure how much pumping it actually takes. The thing that really sold me on the mityvac 6835 was the fact it will hook up to all cars and you don't have brake fluid under pressure. Not sure if that is something to worry about with the motive or not but I didn't want to be the one to find out. The mityvac is really easy, just put the adapter on the master cylinder and it automatically fills it so you don't run out of fluid. Then stick the vacuum tube over the bleeder screw and turn the vacuum on and crack the bleeder screw. No pumping to worry about and don't have to watch the master cylinder to make sure pressurized brake fluid isn't leaking somewhere. Those were my reasons. But like I said I've never heard anything bad about the motive either so I think it comes down to personal preference.
 
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signcrafter, I need learned on that Mityvac 6835. So it will **** "all" the old fluid out into it's resivore? Then I could fill MC with brake cleaner and blow out with air after a bit. After I make sure it's all cleanly flushed then fill the IV bag with Amsoil brake fluid and MV-6835 will **** the lines full?
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Does this sound correct?
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Hmm, Just thinking maybe install them Speed-Bleeders before the new fluid so air bleeding will be easier.
 
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signcrafter, I need learned on that Mityvac 6835. So it will **** "all" the old fluid out into it's resivore? Then I could fill MC with brake cleaner and blow out with air after a bit. After I make sure it's all cleanly flushed then fill the IV bag with Amsoil brake fluid and MV-6835 will **** the lines full?
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Does this sound correct?
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Thanks, JASTECH
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I'm not sure I'm following you here. I've never emptied the whole system and then used brake cleaner. What I do is use the bottle that comes with the mityvac kit, you fill the bottle up and flip it over and it attaches to the master cylinder. This automatically fills the master so it doesn't run out and you don't have to watch it. Then go around to the wheels and put the suction tube on the bleeder and crack it open and it ***** new fluid threw the lines pushing the old out.

All the cars I work on have ABS and I don't have the factory scan tools to open/close the ABS valves to bleed the ABS system right. So I can't drain the whole system and then fill.
 
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Here is a video on youtube of the mityvac,
. I'm sure there are some videos of the motive also. Hopefully this will help show you how it works.

Another video I found,
 
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