Who makes a good Vacuum pump?

[Nealcrenshaw]

I bought a plastic one from HF and wasn't impressesd with it.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39522

It started leaking pretty quick.I'm looking for at least one of steel construction,good quality. Any suggestions?

 

[Fedwrench]

The Mityvac Sliverline kit is probably the best that I know of. They're rebadged by everyone almost and rebuildable. The key to the pump lasting forever is keep all fluids out of the pump chamber, always use that little container in series when removing liquids.

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=8121

 

[eschoendorff]

The Mityvac Sliverline kit is probably the best that I know of. They're rebadged by everyone almost and rebuildable. The key to the pump lasting forever is keep all fluids out of the pump chamber, always use that little container in series when removing liquids.

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=8121

I destroyed a plastic Mityvac by NOT doing this... brake fluid isn't particularly nice either. Wish I would have paid more attention 5 years ago...

 

[Merkava_4]

The key to the pump lasting forever is keep all fluids out of the pump chamber, always use that little container in series when removing liquids.

Every once in awhile I'll come across some information on this site that's actually useful - thank you sir.

 

[MAD]

I bought a plastic one from HF and wasn't impressesd with it.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39522

I have owned a plastic Mityvac pump kit like that one for around 12 years. It still works great.

 

[RickP330]

Neal, I just went though this not to long ago...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22202

I'm totally happy with the purchase I made.
Regards,
Rick

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

WOW!! That blue point vac looks pretty good!! Not a bad price either

 

[RickP330]

Read through it, it's basically the Mityvac pump. I got it from amazon and think you can save a few $$

 

[NOMAD]

I hear these are pretty good:

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

What the heck is that?? A respirator

 

[seth_man]

ive had my mityvac 04050 for a while now and its great. a coworker had the plastic one and it broke when he dropped it so i wouldnt recommend the plastic one.

 

[48548]

I have this one and it is rebuildable and the kits are pretty cheap, all metal to.

http://www.actron.com/product_detail.php?pid=16292

 

[tdkkart]

If you want something a bit more heavy duty, check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gast-0523-540Q-...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50

One of these and a pass through Ace hardware for a few trinkets and you'll have all the vacuum you'll ever need.
We run a bunch of these pumps at work, they run 24-7-365 in bad enviroments and are very reliable. They have 4 carbon vanes inside a cast iron pump. Vanes and motor bearings are the only moving parts. An occasional accidental ingestion of brake fluid wouldn't hurt them at all.
The one listed above appears to be brand new.

Want to collapse beer kegs?? Get one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Busch-RC0160-va...ViewItemQQptZBI_Pumps?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

 

[Chris Adams]

What the heck is that?? A respirator

Breast pump for ladies who don't breast feed. Follow?

 

[Major Ramifications]

Breast pump for ladies who don't breast feed. Follow?

The breast pump is for those who DO breast feed. The last thing you would want to do is pump milk from them if you don't plan on breast feeding. This only makes them fill up more quickly.

The metal MityVac is the one I have. I found that it was easy to dis-assemble and clean when I sucked brake fluid into it. I saw that they came out with a new streamlined model, which looks cool.

Oh, and I like my milk straight from the tap.

 

[terabyte]

girlfriends make good vacuum
the minute you make them wife i hear they loose their effectiveness.

 

[48548]

This is why I still have a gf and not a wife, but then my gf didn't get me two dual 80 ratchets either for christmas, but the vacuum is still working great.