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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 11:07 PM
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Doing a little research on what would be a good one. What's everybody using? Unfortunately I tend to read a lot of reviews on amazon and it seems that every kit on there has a huge amount of bad reviews. I used to do it old school with a large syringe and tubing, but just want something a bit easier now. Was looking at mityvac but the reviews were horrible. Isn't there anything of quality/american made anymore? Even snap-on/matco seem to have let the lesser ones slide.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 11:09 PM
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Get a mity-vac from Harbor Freight. $30 unless you got a coupon. (Free flash lite too!)
 
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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by NORTY FLATZ
Get a mity-vac from Harbor Freight. $30 unless you got a coupon. (Free flash lite too!)
This^^^^^!!
 
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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 03:51 AM
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This is what I use, works great.

https://www.harborfreight.com/brake-...kit-69328.html

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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 03:52 AM
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I’ve got 2 different versions of the Mighty Vac, I usually end up using those fittings doing it the old fashioned way.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 05:38 AM
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This video is a good one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tdd...ature=youtu.be
 
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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by RK_Classic
This is what I use, works great.

https://www.harborfreight.com/brake-...kit-69328.html

rk classic.
Yes, I use this one too, works great, it actually kind of makes the whole job fun. )
 
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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by NORTY FLATZ
Get a mity-vac from Harbor Freight. $30 unless you got a coupon. (Free flash lite too!)
That's it.
Pull out the master cylinder first, refill, flush system.
 
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Invest in some Speed Bleeders and then all you need is some clear tubing and a jar......
 
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I’ve got/had a number of different bleeder tools, including some nice pressure bleeders.

i come back to a jar and a bit of clear tubing, over and over again. It works better than anything else, except for perhaps one of my pressure bleeders.

its cheap, very effective, not overly fast, and not messy.
 
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