| Manufacturer | Mityvac |
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| Brand | Mityvac |
| Model | MV8000 |
| Item Weight | 1.5 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 12 x 9.75 x 2.25 inches |
| Item model number | MV8000 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Manufacturer Part Number | MV8000 |
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Mityvac MV8000 Professional Single Person Manual Brake and Clutch Bleeding Tune-up Kit
| Price: | $47.55$47.55 |
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- The MV8000 kit includes: Selectline hand-vacuum pump (Model MV8010); 4.5 oz. fluid reservoir and lids; (7) tapered adapters; (2) tapered manifold plugs; (3) bleed screw adapters; (4) connection tubes (24", 1-1/2", 3", 3-5/8") and cupped and tube adapters.
- Performs one-person engine performance diagnostics, vacuum brake and clutch bleeding, fluid transfer, evacuation, sampling, windshield repair, turbocharger testing and diesel fuel priming.
- Convenient one-finger vacuum release.
- Premium gearless diaphragm gauge.
- Reinforced handle improves durability.
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Automotive Tune-up and Brake Bleeding Kit MV8000
This is the original Mityvac hand-vacuum pump kit used for performing of automotive diagnostic and mechanical tests and for one-person brake bleeding.
Additional Information
Mityvac is a brand of vacuum-related automotive diagnostic and service repair tools since 1971. Beginning with the design and patent of a single hand-held vacuum pump intended for medical applications, its uses broadened to include automotive diagnostics and service as well as industrial and consumer applications.
The Mityvac MV8000 is a powerful kit that allows a single user to vacuum bleed their clutch and brakes for cars and trucks. The vacuum pump (MV8010) is an extremely versatile service tool that can be used to test a variety of automotive systems and perform a number of useful tasks.
Though the pump has obvious uses for testing various vacuum motors, control valves and vacuum sources, its applications don’t end there. Almost any part or system that requires proper sealing vacuum to operate can be tested with the vacuum pump.
The pump and its accessories also transfer fluids, help to bleed brakes and clutches and aid in other tasks. The pump also meets diagnostic tool requirements when such tools are specified for some state vehicle inspection programs.
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| Mityvac MV8000 Professional One Person Manual Brake and Clutch Bleeding Kit | Mityvac MV6830 Professional Pneumatic Air Operated Brake & Clutch Bleeder | Mityvac MV6835 Premium Pneumatic Air Operated Brake and Clutch Bleeding Kit | Mityvac MV6840 Hydraulic Brake and Clutch Pressure Bleeding System | Mityvac MV8255 Selectline Dual Vacuum/Pressure Brake and Clutch Bleeding Kit | Mityvac MV8500 Silverline Elite Vacuum and Pressure Automotive Test Kit | |
| Manual or Pneumatic | Manual | Pneumatic | Pneumatic | Pneumatic | Manual | Manual |
| Vacuum, Pressure or Both | Vacuum | Vacuum | Vacuum | Pressure | Both | Vacuum |
| Refill Bottle | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Bleed Accessories | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not Included | Included |
| Multi-Fluid Capable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How much vacuum can this product generate?
A: The MV8000 can produce maximum vacuum of 25" Hg (85kPa) @ sea level.
Q: Can this product create pressure for testing?
A: No, the MV8000 is only capable of creating vacuum. The model MV8500 is capable of producing pressure and vacuum.
Q: Does the pump come with accessories?
A: The MV8000 comes with bleed screw adapters, diagnostic adapters, tubing and reservoir components. Additional accessories are also available.
Product Description
This is the original Mityvac hand vacuum pump kit used by service professionals worldwide for performing hundreds of automotive diagnostic and mechanical tests and for one-person brake bleeding. The MV8000 kit contains our most popular Selectline hand vacuum pump with vacuum gauge and accessories. Durable and sturdy material offers longevity.
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| ASIN | B00265M9SS |
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| Customer Reviews |
4.3 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,807 in Automotive (See Top 100 in Automotive) #4 in Brake System Bleeding Tools |
| Date First Available | October 19, 2006 |
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This is the very first time I've run into a product where my warranty claim has been denied solely based on my purchase location, as if I had bought it off the back of someone's trunk at 2 in the morning.
i hate this thing. i hate it so much i cannot even.
First thing out of the box I thought I should assemble the pieces and do a dry-run test: I could not get a vacuum to form. The lip around the waste brake fluid continer would not seal. I thought there was an o-ring missing from the kit. I checked the instructions carefully and concluded a seal was not included. Eventually I tried all 6 orientations that the 4-ounce receiving vessel would snap into the lid containing Vacuum IN and Vacuum OUT plumbing, found 2 positions that kind of sealed, and marked the best orientation with a permanent marker so I could find it the next day for the wet-run.
The manual vacuum pump develops a good vacuum. But the devil is in the details. Ancillary problems prevent the apparently excellent engineering of the vacuum piston, plunger, and valve from being useful. All told, I cycled a number of gallons of high-end (expensive) brake fluid through this device. My cost in wasted brake fluid is greater than the new price of this device.
First, the worst design problem with this device is that it has only a 4-oz "collection vessel." When you have to quickly pump gallons through the bike to encourage air bubbles to travel down the brake lines, that's a hell of a lot of stopping just when the stream has almost emptied the air from the system to let the bubbles rise back up the vertical brake lines to the handlebars! The biggest problem is that that the small collection vessel requires that you constantly interrupt your progress every minute or 2 to re-empty the reservoir. There are so may problems with this unit, I include a bullet list, below.
The vacuum release has a hair-trigger. And I MEAN hair-trigger. If you bump it, touch it against something on the side while trying to rest the unit on something while you refill the fast-emptying brake fluid reservoir on the handlbar (which needs attention every 15 seconds or so), the vacuum is released. At first I thought, "no problem," but it turns out when the vacuum is released by the device, air rushes back into the caliper's slave cylinder. You have to grip the vacuum pump in the same location where the vacuum release hair-trigger is, so... My advice is to use some snap-ring pliers to remove the vacuum release trigger. You can easily depress the end of the valve actuator without the giant hair-trigger lever-arm someone (probably a marketing committee) opted to include.
There is the list of problems I encountered with this product. There may be a better product made by the same company, or maybe I just got a lemon. I can usually trust my mechanic friend's advice, but not WRT this item. It's problems include:
Poor vacuum seal at lip of collection reservoir;
Difficult to avoid vacuum-release hair-trigger;
Rear handle of vacuum pump falls off while in use. (See photo);
The sealed "clock-face window" for the vacuum gauge fell off. (Perhaps a worker forgot to glue it on?);
The white splotch on the side of the vacuum meter bezel (in photo) is due to its coming in contact with DOT5.1 brake fluid -- the most harmless kind. One would think a tool made for use with brake fluid would not be immediately destroyed by brake fluid the first time it touches a tiny amount. The other side of the initially black bezel is mostly white;
Neither of the two "6mm" soft rubber fittings provided seal reliably on my 6mm "grease nub" bleeder valves;
The vinyl tubing they include was wadded up in a tiny compartment in the corner of the box. Even though I left it stretched straight overnight the night before trying to use it, it curls up when you try to use it, and knocks the miniature collection vessel over, and pulls the fitting off the bleeder valve at the least opportune times. Every time this happens, it introduces air back into the system that was there when I decided to use a "professional tool" to remove the sponginess remaining after I bled the brakes with my homebrew Gatorade bottle. When that infernal trigger kicks air back into the system, you have to start over again from the beginning;
The rectangular black plastic piece straight off the face of the vacuum gauge fell off of the vacuum pump. I thought it was a decorative ending for the trigger, because its hollow cross-section is shaped like a cross-section of the giant lever-arm for the hair-trigger. But I see there is no such decorative end piece on the trigger in the product photos, so I am at a complete loss as to where it came from. When I say it "fell out," I mean it fell out. I didn't bump it, drop the pump, nothing. I was taking it into the other room to dry after cleaning it, and it fell out on the floor.
After 6 hours of trying to get this unit to work (and I'm no neophyte -- I have bled brakes before) the sun went down, and I gave up. Total FAIL. The brakes were much worse than when I started. They weren't even spongy. No engagement at all.
There may be more issues that I forgot to mention about this wonderful tool, but that's as much of my time as I can afford to contribute toward making Jeff rich(er) at the moment. Thank God I still have a little time left to return this POS!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2021
First thing out of the box I thought I should assemble the pieces and do a dry-run test: I could not get a vacuum to form. The lip around the waste brake fluid continer would not seal. I thought there was an o-ring missing from the kit. I checked the instructions carefully and concluded a seal was not included. Eventually I tried all 6 orientations that the 4-ounce receiving vessel would snap into the lid containing Vacuum IN and Vacuum OUT plumbing, found 2 positions that kind of sealed, and marked the best orientation with a permanent marker so I could find it the next day for the wet-run.
The manual vacuum pump develops a good vacuum. But the devil is in the details. Ancillary problems prevent the apparently excellent engineering of the vacuum piston, plunger, and valve from being useful. All told, I cycled a number of gallons of high-end (expensive) brake fluid through this device. My cost in wasted brake fluid is greater than the new price of this device.
First, the worst design problem with this device is that it has only a 4-oz "collection vessel." When you have to quickly pump gallons through the bike to encourage air bubbles to travel down the brake lines, that's a hell of a lot of stopping just when the stream has almost emptied the air from the system to let the bubbles rise back up the vertical brake lines to the handlebars! The biggest problem is that that the small collection vessel requires that you constantly interrupt your progress every minute or 2 to re-empty the reservoir. There are so may problems with this unit, I include a bullet list, below.
The vacuum release has a hair-trigger. And I MEAN hair-trigger. If you bump it, touch it against something on the side while trying to rest the unit on something while you refill the fast-emptying brake fluid reservoir on the handlbar (which needs attention every 15 seconds or so), the vacuum is released. At first I thought, "no problem," but it turns out when the vacuum is released by the device, air rushes back into the caliper's slave cylinder. You have to grip the vacuum pump in the same location where the vacuum release hair-trigger is, so... My advice is to use some snap-ring pliers to remove the vacuum release trigger. You can easily depress the end of the valve actuator without the giant hair-trigger lever-arm someone (probably a marketing committee) opted to include.
There is the list of problems I encountered with this product. There may be a better product made by the same company, or maybe I just got a lemon. I can usually trust my mechanic friend's advice, but not WRT this item. It's problems include:
Poor vacuum seal at lip of collection reservoir;
Difficult to avoid vacuum-release hair-trigger;
Rear handle of vacuum pump falls off while in use. (See photo);
The sealed "clock-face window" for the vacuum gauge fell off. (Perhaps a worker forgot to glue it on?);
The white splotch on the side of the vacuum meter bezel (in photo) is due to its coming in contact with DOT5.1 brake fluid -- the most harmless kind. One would think a tool made for use with brake fluid would not be immediately destroyed by brake fluid the first time it touches a tiny amount. The other side of the initially black bezel is mostly white;
Neither of the two "6mm" soft rubber fittings provided seal reliably on my 6mm "grease nub" bleeder valves;
The vinyl tubing they include was wadded up in a tiny compartment in the corner of the box. Even though I left it stretched straight overnight the night before trying to use it, it curls up when you try to use it, and knocks the miniature collection vessel over, and pulls the fitting off the bleeder valve at the least opportune times. Every time this happens, it introduces air back into the system that was there when I decided to use a "professional tool" to remove the sponginess remaining after I bled the brakes with my homebrew Gatorade bottle. When that infernal trigger kicks air back into the system, you have to start over again from the beginning;
The rectangular black plastic piece straight off the face of the vacuum gauge fell off of the vacuum pump. I thought it was a decorative ending for the trigger, because its hollow cross-section is shaped like a cross-section of the giant lever-arm for the hair-trigger. But I see there is no such decorative end piece on the trigger in the product photos, so I am at a complete loss as to where it came from. When I say it "fell out," I mean it fell out. I didn't bump it, drop the pump, nothing. I was taking it into the other room to dry after cleaning it, and it fell out on the floor.
After 6 hours of trying to get this unit to work (and I'm no neophyte -- I have bled brakes before) the sun went down, and I gave up. Total FAIL. The brakes were much worse than when I started. They weren't even spongy. No engagement at all.
There may be more issues that I forgot to mention about this wonderful tool, but that's as much of my time as I can afford to contribute toward making Jeff rich(er) at the moment. Thank God I still have a little time left to return this POS!
Brand new master/slave clutch cylinders, new brake master, new rotors, and new brake lines. It took barely 30 minutes to bleed all of them *by myself* with this tool.
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2015



















