Thanks for all the good reading…
I sure like this thing:
Mityvac
It’s an attachment for a Mityvac fluid extractor, but can’t see any reason why you couldnt make it work just as well with a Pela. If you don’t have a dedicated bleed kit then this is a well spent $20 addition to a fluid extractor. Sure beats the high school days where you stuck a hose in a jar of a little brake fluid at each wheel and had a buddy depress the pedal and while trying to keep reservoir topped up.
This requires a little more research on my part, but I’ve also used the Valvoline synthetic brake fluid for quite a few years. Supposedly synthetic brake fluids don’t have the water absorption problems that traditional brake fluids do. We all knew that of course, and that’s quite appealing, but I’ve also read in various magazines over the years that true synthetic brake fluids are not compatible with traditional brake fluids and that if you switch you need more than just a traditional flush (as in disassemble and flush the master cylinder and calipers) to prevent problems.
The Valvoline “synthetic” fluid claims to not need this level of a flush to use it, so what gives? Is my information flawed or is the Valvoline synthetic fluid some type of blended or other product? It may also be that my reading on the subject isn’t necessarily current and that seals and such on older cars didn’t tolerate synthetic brake fluids as well after having been operated in traditional brake fluid. Any experts care to shed some light or share their experiance? thanks