If you are looking for a better brake bleeder than the Mityvac you should
look at the brake bleeder that Griots Garage carries. I know there are
cheaper places than Griots but they have the best catalog for the pictures.
I have used the Mityvac for bleeding my motorcycle but found it didnt have
enough capacity for doing car brakes. The Mityvac is good however if you
want something that does not need a compressed air supply. The compressed
air powered vacuum brake bleeder that Griots carries works great when you
are one man bleeding brakes in the driveway - it wouldn't however be the
best for working at the track with no air.
Jim Wilson
jdwilson@ultranet.com
At 06:10 PM 2/18/99 , Jeff Blankenship wrote:
>I've a few questions to perpetuate the brake fluid/bleeding thread.
>
>We've read that Castrol LMA is cheap and good, and you can get Ford HD
>anywhere in the U.S., but I've just read about Castrol SRF on their web site
>(http://www.castrol.com/) and it sounds like the best thing to happen to
>brakes since the disc. What's the down side? I haven't found source and
>price for these fluids yet - would I be right in assuming that SRF is so
>expensive its not worth it? Is there a cheap source for LMA and/or
>SRF, or do the common auto stores stock it?
>
>Also, I've pretty much settled on getting a Mityvac bleeding kit, since I
>need to maintain three different cars, and maybe others. The only concern
>I've heard is that you might need to use thread sealer on the bleeder
>screws to prevent air from drawing past the threads. That stuff is available
>from the SpeedBleeder guys, so I think I can handle that. If anyone thinks
>this would be a mistake, now's your chance to talk me out of it. :^)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>--
>Jeffrey D. Blankenship Senior Technical Consultant
>jblanken@itds.com ITDS - TRIS
> Champaign, IL, USA
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