<VV> pressure bleeder

[Ron]

I've been using the Mity-Vac for twenty years and see no reason to try 
anything else.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <NicolCS at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <ricorvair at cox.net>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:54 AM
Subject: <VV> pressure bleeder


> Just a thought... I have a regular commercial pressure bleeder and also a
> hand-held mity-vac that came with a little bleeder reservoir.  I  always 
> use the
> Mity-vac.  The pressure bleeder has to have a fair amount of  fluid in it 
> and
> if you are working with DOT 3, 4, or 5, fluid it's hard to  flush for a
> change over.  You also have to be cautious to  periodically refresh the 
> fluid in
> the bleeder so that you aren't putting aged  fluid in the car.  You also 
> have to
> take the time to reset the diaphragm  and bleed the bleeder with each 
> refill.
> OK, 20 minutes later the  bleeder is ready but you have to get the correct
> MC adapter and install it  so that it won't leak. This isn't easy and 
> usually
> involves little  chains and wingnuts.  Any error and the bleeder will dump 
> all
> of it's brake  fluid your watertight trunk.  It's not fun to find your 
> trunk
> floor 1" deep  in fluid plus the whole shelf under the MC is awash with 
> fluid
> too.  (This  ruins the splatter paint finish).  Plus, since the bleeder 
> fills
> the MC to  the top, there's always some spillage when the adapter comes 
> off.
> None of  this is a problem with a conventional car where the MC is on an 
> open
> firewall,  but on sealed trunk Corvairs, it's an issue.  Compare all that 
> to
> the  vacuum approach.  The only headache with the vacuum approach is that 
> the
> bleeder screws tend to put confusing bubbles into the clear vacuum hose 
> and you
> have to keep an eye on the MC level. To minimize the bleeder leakage, I 
> put
> a little grease on the bleeder threads. Also, there's little to store with 
> a
> Mity-vac and it has many other uses.  I have both systems and my  hand 
> votes
> for the vacuum approach.  Any one have a different experience  with these
> units?
> Craig (bled dry) Nicol
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