AH but you see my mityvac (SP) came with just such an attachment.
The question was how to fit the hoses to the bleeders.
The little black dodads don't stay on. I have just been slipping the
hose directly on the nipples (bleed nipples that is)
John and Muddy
David Scheidt wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, John Cranfield wrote:
>
> :
> : Hate to break it to you Pete but the word is spelled
> :vacuum, I know it looks wrong but hey I didn't invent it.
> :John and Muddy
> :PS I will be interested to see that setup.
>
> Basically, take a jar with a tight fitting lid. Drill, poke, otherwise
> cause to appear a pair of holes the size of your handy vacuum tubing.
> Insert two pieces of tubing through the holes, one should be long, and go
> nearly to the bottom of the jar. The other should only stick 1/2 an inch or
> so into the jar. Seal the holes the tubes pass through with epoxy, RTV. or
> something. Put a little brake fluid in the jar, enough to cover the end of
> the long tube. Attach the other end of the long tube to the bleed nipple.
> Attach the vacuum pump to the short piece, make sure the lid is tight, and
> pump.
>
> Or you can head to your local tool place and get a Lisle 19200 brake
> bleeding kit ($8 at sears), which is all of this premade. Works well.
>
> --
> dscheidt@tumbolia.com
> Bipedalism is only a fad.
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