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docwyte
docwyte UltimaDork
12/24/24 11:56 a.m.

I also have an Air lift tool, bought it for my 911.  Engine in the back, three radiators in the front, ~6 gallons of coolant.  It works incredibly well!  

Have a link for the Venturi, air powered MV tool?

A 401 CJ
A 401 CJ GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
12/24/24 1:37 p.m.

MV6835.  Shop around.  I was SHOCKED at the current price on Amazon.  I purchased in 2013.  Very well made.  Used a lot.  Except for brakes.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0015POUXM?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/24/24 10:15 p.m.

The vacuum-on-the-bleeders type tools work much better if you remove the bleeder screw and reinstall it after some Teflon tape attention.

This is also good if you rerig everything to become a reverse pressure bleeder when it's 11pm and you have air trapped in the master cylinder and it won't come out any other way.  Then you do it and wonder why you didn't try that TWO HOURS AGO 

 

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
12/24/24 10:40 p.m.

I've used positive pressure bleeders, vacuum bleeders and assistants with working feet and legs and my favorite method by far is the positive pressure style like Motive. I used to have a Motive actually but it finally wore out and failed after more than a decade and I grabbed one of these off Amazon because I could get it the next day and I was in a hurry and I love it as well. 

adam525i
adam525i GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/25/24 10:23 a.m.

I'm still using the same clear length of silicone RC car fuel line on the brake bleeder end that I've used for years. Super flexible, expands over the bleeder without popping off and you can see the fluid/bubbles flowing. Brake fluid doesn't seem to degrade it either.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/25/24 2:05 p.m.

I bought a hand pump bleeder once-upon-a-time.  Inexpensive, easy to see what's going on with the system, 2nd person not required for brakes and can be used for cooling systems.

 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/25/24 2:47 p.m.

In reply to 914Driver :

That's the one I have.  It doesn't vacuum bleed as well as just pumping the brake pedal deliberately with a bleeder open, BUT.

Fill the bottle with brake fluid, put the submerged hose on the bleeder and the non submerged hose on the pump outlet, and there's your reverse pressure bleeder.

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