I would stay away from the Mityvac. It sucks the fluid ok but is
difficult to bleed the air out. The air gets in around the threads of the
bleeders no matter how little you open them.
...Art
On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Chris Delling wrote:
>
> Based on the advice from several listers (thanks, BTW) I have decided to
> rebuild/replace the brake master cylinder on my 77B. I have had a long
> aversion to work on hydraulics, one that dates back to a fateful morning 19
> years ago when my first LBC was slammed into by a early 70's Bonneville in
> my high school parking lot. Seems that the cretins driving the Pontiac had
> "just finished a brake job", and were seemingly mesmorized that the pedal
> went straight to the floor at 30+ MPH. "Sorry, must not have gotten all the
> air out of the system..." (Duh!).
>
> Anyway, I have seen a variety of one-man bleeding systems out there. I
> really don't want to break into Fort Knox, but does anyone have any
> reccomendations on which system is easy to use, and effective?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Delling
>
>
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