I want to buy a mityvac - is having the gauge a good thing? Worth the extra bucks?

 

mine has one, its a nice feature, but for bleeding brakes it is not really needed. If you where going to use it for any kind of leak down testing you would need it. What is the difference in price?

 

I like the gauge. I pump it a few times and if the needle's moving, I know I don't have a good seal somewhere. I wouldn't buy one with out it.

 

about $25

 

i like having the guage.

tim

 

Oh for $25 I would spring for it. I was thinking the difference in price was more. It will definitely be worth the extra cash

 

I use mine to balance carbs.......worth the extra bucks IMO.

Fish

 

A hundred and one uses.

 

Hmmmm, first I've heard of that. You switch it between carbs?

 

Please elaborate!

 

Carbs? That might be a bit sporting but for a clutch job the Mitivac is worth every dime. With a pal doing the front calipers is a 20 minutes process.

 

I believe on motorcycles a carb sync tool works best, but a vacuum gauge (or a tach) is required to adjust the idle air/fuel mixture on automotive carbs to get lean best idle.

Also for testing just about any diaphragm operated device (car or m/c, there are a bunch on older cars) the device should usually hold at least 21 inches of mercury, or it is defective.

For flushing the brake fluid, Harbor Freight has a vacuum bleeder for under $30. You don't get carpal tunnel using it. It does require that you have an air compressor though.

The vacuum bleeder from Harbor Freight I'm talking about uses compressed air to create a siphon. Similar vacuum bleeder from Snap-on runs over $300.

 

Didn't work for me and lord knows I tried.

 

You have a dirty mind, sir. (Wait a minute .... how I do I even know what you're referring to?? )

 

I just picked up a brake bleeder that looks like the one in the photo above. Got it at Harbor Freight for under $18.00 a couple of days ago. And I still have my old, faithful MityVac that's bled brakes and clutches for over a decade.

 

Dont want to hijack thread but got a couple questions for:

altosuperhawk,
I seen that one yesterday at Harbor Freight (don't know if it had gauge) and was wondering about it. Have you used it? How does it do? Comparable to the Mityvac ?
Just curious...and wondered if for $20 compared to $40 if there was much difference.
thanks

 

And why have both?

 

I bought the Harbor Freight version because my ol' MityVac is gettin' long in the tooth. Since I don't get to the Big City (ABQ) too often I bought a bunch of stuff- three of the Harbor Freight front wheel chocks (Condor knock-offs) for $50.00 each, cable ties, long reach allen sockets (the 3mm will be ideal for the bowl drains on the ZRX), anodized color coded deep well metric sockets, shrink wrap, and two complementary Red Chinese 6 screwdriver sets. Probably won't try the new brake/clutch bleeder until the fall when I change the DOT 4 on all eight bikes.