Jonny, I make take you up on that...
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Originally Posted by MPREZIV
Eh, I'm personally still out on the idea of any kind of an "automatic bleeder screw". They all sound good in theory, but I'm just a nay-sayer... I still like the old fashioned "open the bleeder screw and pump the pedal/suck fluid from the bottom" approach. Of course if you're by yourself, pumping the pedal is out of the question.
As often as you're bleeding brakes, it's definitely worth the $100 or so for the Mity-Vac that I have. Hell, if you wanna keep being cheap, you can get the "trimmed down" version in the picture for like $40 or $50...
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I'm old fashioned as well, thus this thread...
I'm not a fan of vacuum bleeding because it often generates bubbles as air gets sucked around the bleeder threads so it is difficult to tell if air is coming out of there or the caliper.
I like Matt's pressure bleeder, but not the fluid that gets left in it's parts that can get contaminated between uses and require some new fluid to be wasted to purge the thing.
The reason I like the Earl's is it doesn't rely on thread sealant like the Speed bleeders. With the SBs, the fluid at the threads is under pedal pressure whereas the Earl's don't thus no need for thread sealer.