woodsrider250
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Those bleeder-vacs are BAD ASS.
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You got to watch it and keep the flow valve regulated, the vacuum gets powerful enough to collapse the center of the container.
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So while fixing the tools. I noticed my MityVac wasn't working either when I went to test diaghrams for the air distributor. Decided to tear it apart even though the kit to rebuild it is $38 on fleabay. Tore it apart and the aluminum internals were all corroded and a bunch of nasty gunk in it. Hadn't used in a few years. Tore into about 100 pieces and started cleaning parts. Used a wheel cylinder brake hone at low rpm to clean out the cylinder real good. Cleaned all the internals with Hoppes No 9 gun cleaning solvent and steel wool. Replaced 2 O rings from my handy dandy HF $4 O ring kit. Blew out all the other orfices. Coated all the internals with a light coat of gun oil, reassembeled it and BAMM !!! It's working and holding strong vacuum now and not even trying to leak down. Before it would go up to about 4 and fall to 0 as soon as you were off the pump, so not only would it not pump up, it would hold nothing. Who needs a $38 rebuild kit?? NOT ME !!! Not yet anyway, maybe someday. This too is over 20 years old. It's a bit cleaner now than it was in the previous pics on the last page.
I was afraid without replacing those other 3 rubber parts this clean and rebuild wouldn't last long. It didn't. The new O rings allowed more pressure it blew out the other rubber parts while testing some parts I was going to list on eBay. No biggie. It'll be brand new again with a complete kit, springs, updated release lever, piston, diaphram and new screws. $18.69 delivered. Damn sure not throwing away an $89 or more tool.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mityvac-Vac.../120965845092?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item1c2a205064
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NOPHO84K30
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Nice setup wish i had a shop i saw ur box of lumar you tint your own trucks . im a tinter in phx az
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Nope. I wish I did tint. I actually probably can do it, but I refuse to buy cheap DIY **** tint from the local Retailers.
Stroked
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Believe it or not, I tinted my dodge with tint bought off ebay. There's a seller on there that has the high quality tint and it's precut for your vehicle. A buddy turned me on to them. It's been on there over a year and still looks brand new. I think the seller was EliteTint.
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Never thought of that. But I'm sure that would work. Usually to buy good tint, it's expensive cuz you have to buy a 100yard roll, or large quanity anyway.
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Scratch that. EliteTint is a valid seller just no listings at this time
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I see that. Strange. Oh well, I did a search and there's several other sellers with pretty good ratings selling precut tint. You almost can't go wrong for $20.
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