mityvac modification

[topdog849]

as a flat rate tech I have been thinking of ways to save time and work faster. I've been thinking when doing brake flushes with my mityvac why not have it drain all 4 bleeder screws at the same time. keep the mityvac underneath the car in the center with four hoses on each bleeder screw at once.
just a thought..the more I drink the more I think..
could this work?

 

[Kracin]

www.brakebleeder.com


i have one of the cheaper ones, its 90 bucks for a home use type one and it is 10x better than a mityvac. plus it has more functions making it better, like being able to easily bench bleed new masters and things like that. i was skeptical at first but it worked damn good. zero complaints, and i see the professional ones being even better for convenience of doing more than a couple cars a day

my 2 mityvacs couldn't do the work as quick as one of these. i always hated trying to get it done without cramping my hand


edit: because links and pictures are great

http://www.brakebleeder.com/products/best-sellers/v-12-diy.html

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[cryan]

Is it a hand operated Mityvac? If so upgrade to an air operated or a bug sprayer operated unit?

 

[topdog849]

that tool is nice kracin but I was talking about flushing the old dirty fluid out of the system not just the air.
I have a pneumatic air mityvac. I guess it's vacuum pressure would be reduced

 

[Kracin]

that tool is nice kracin but I was talking about flushing the old dirty fluid out of the system not just the air.
I have a pneumatic air mityvac. I guess it's vacuum pressure would be reduced

i dont see why you couldn't **** out all of the fluid out of the reservoir, then flush each of the calipers up to the reservoir, and then remove that fluid and refill with new? i know for sure that the pressure bleeding moves the fluid much quicker than the mityvacs do. but the vacuum on the brakebleeder kit is very strong as well.


do you have some sort of setup to autofill the reservoir as it is pumped out? or do you go back and forth after drawing a significant amount?

 

[topdog849]

I have an reservoir auto refill kit. and that is traditionally what I do. drain the mc first then one caliper at a time starting rr rl fr fl. Waiting forever inbetween. I just want to do them all at one time. forget about it for a bit while I work on another car. then get back to it

 

[383novamike]

I have a mity also,never thought of trying to do all 4.Im guessing u could T of the hoses some how.