5/23/2019 0 Comments Blue Point Brake Bleeder ManualI am considering a manual vacuum pump - aka MityVac. Want to bleed brakes, but also pull vacuum on e.g. Expansion tank to test integrity. ![]() Home > non catalog items > non catalog items > non catalog items > Manual Brake Bleeder Kit. Shop By Category. Tool Storage. • Allows one-man brake bleeding • PVB70857 Manual Brake Bleeder. Prices can vary a bit. I noticed some differences between them e.g. Plastic, metal. Wondering if pumps sold without the added accessories are likely to be higher quality than those with - i.e. Mp3 songs free download. Are the accessories like fittings and stuff are to “add value” - better to get single fittings as needed? Should the vacuum gauge be facing you when in right hand? Looked at HarborFreight, Sears, interested to hear general comments on the manual vacuum pumps. I have a Snap-On brass vacuum pump that has had a worsening leak down at the check valve since new 20+ years ago and a Mighty-Vac that has worked perfectly about 20 years. The Snap-On does have the advantage of ease of disassembly which allows for cleaning and lubricating the plunger and bore when I let various fluids get into it. Long ago I seem to recall having a Sun Electric vacuum pump but that was ancient history. The model that I have seen at Harbor Freight seems identical to the my 20 year old model. The Harbor Freight Mityvac model is a cheap plastic one. I grabbed one the other day while working on a friend’s car away from my toolbox and the damn thing broke the first time I pumped it. The retainer pin fell out and caused the handle to fall off. I put it back together, 2 pumps later and “snap,” it fell apart again. All the falling apart made a 10 minute bleed job stretch to 45 minutes. Terrible build quality. I chucked it as soon as I was done with the job. Get the metal version - it’s more expensive (I think $60?) but it also doesn’t fall to pieces all the time. “Terrible build quality. I chucked it as soon as I was done with the job.” That’s why people refer to the brand as Harbor Fake Tools Over the years, I’ve had various colleagues that bought tools there. The tools did not make a good impression, at least not to me. One guy bought entire combo wrench sets there. I brought over my Snap on combo wrench set to compare, and it was abundantly clear that the Harbor Fake tools were copies of my wrenches. Except they weren’t chrome, didn’t fit well in the palm of the hand, didn’t fit on the bolt head very well, looked and felt like cheap garbage. Other than all that stuff, they were fine.. This guy bought so many Harbor Fake tools, we joked he was keeping the Chinese economy afloat. This predates China being the powerhouse it is now Another guy had a super expensive Snap on tool box, cost around $8000 at the time. One day, when he was off to lunch, we opened some drawers. Most of the drawers were empty. And the few tools that were in there were all Harbor Fake.. I’ll stay a little off topic.. Even though I generally prefer USA made tools, the quality does matter more, in my opinion What about cars? Is a ford less worthy if it’s built in Mexico? Is a GMC truck inferior because it’s actually Canadian? If people are buying domestic brands BECAUSE they think they’re buying 'Made in the USA'.. They better wake up and smell the coffee. ![]() And they better do their homework and find out just where that car they’re looking to buy was actually built My Kentucky built Camry, if you think about it, is more American than a GMC truck built in Canada. My car was built in the USA, by Americans. Not so with Canadian and Mexican vehicles. Hypothetical question.. What would a car buyer prefer? A domestic brand car built in the USA, with pretty good quality and reliability? A domestic brand car built in Mexico or Canada, with very good quality and reliability? Level d 767 winglet update. I know, I know.. There’s not much difference between pretty and very good But that’s not the point in this case. @db4690 My father, who is now retired was a heavy equipment service technician who would go out and fix this heavy equipment on site. In the cold, snow, rain, whatever. It got fixed. He told me, always get the tool that is most easy to replace. Because when you’re freezing your ass off to fix a snowplow, and a tool breaks, you can’t wait for a tool truck to show up. But you can go to a Sears store and get the tool replaced. He had a full service truck. But is was packed with Craftsman tools. Ever heard of RMS?
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