I have done numerous brake flush/bleeds on cars with the traditional "One Man" bleed bottles. As you know they have small bottles and are some what of a pain but do the job.
I recently purchased a MityVac to hopefully make the job a little faster and more efficient. I was surprised to read that MityVac states to do the wheels Left Front/Right Front/Left Rear/Right Rear. Opposite of the normal bleed sequence.
I tested the MityVac on my old 97 Jeep Cherokee last weekend. I was a bit concerned with small bubbles coming from the bleed screw upon drawing out the brake fluid. The MityVac manual says this is normal or put Teflon tape on the bleed screw. This would require totally removing the screw with the subsequent mess of dripping fluid while I tape the threads. I finally just went back to the "one man" bleed bottle and re bleed all of the wheels again.
As I get ready to do the Pantera, does anyone have any thoughts on the MityVac and their reverse procedure? Also any reason not to use a MityVac when flushing/bleeding the clutch slave ?
Thanks,
Jeff
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