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Re: Brake Bleeding Devices

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Subject: Re: Brake Bleeding Devices
From: burdekij@bvsd.k12.co.us (Jane Burdekin)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:02:47 -0700
>Zink wrote:
>>
>> Mr. Michael D. Fatsi wrote:
>> >
>> > I know this issue has been discussed but I am still wondering which
>> > device is better- Mityvac or Easybleed. I am considering buying one or
>> > the other, but I am unsure which one works best.
>> > -MF
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> I just purchased an Easybleed system, and have had and still have the
>> Mityvac.  I attempted to use the Easybleed the day it arrived. As you
>> will notice I said attempted.  The damn thing sprayed brake fluid
>> everywhere.  I lost more out the top of the m/c than I ran through the
>> brake lines.  The Mityvac will work, until you suck the m/c piston all
>> the way to the stop. I even bought the Easybleed bleeder valves.
>>
>>    Today, with the help of my son, I bled the brakes the old fashion way
>> and saved about $8 on more Silicone brake fluid.
>>
>> Oh yeah!  The son.  That's an item I left off my previous list.  That
>>works too.
>
>Joe Curry   '63 Spit


And husband and daughter.  My son thought it was the funniest thing that he
could tell his friends that his mom taught him how to change the oil and
spark plugs.  Of course I had a bit too much help from my daughter, and she
managed to spill the used oil and get it on her clothes.  Jane



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