Setting up a water pump

I have a vacutech cylinder and pump, and then I purchased the basic mityvac brake bleeder kit from amazon.

However it is obvious that these are not all the tools needed to water pump because the tubing and so on just wont link up. What other hose connections etc will I need. The tube is too narrow for the coupler, I dont know the manaufacturer got it in there. If I were to use a bigger tube it would be too big for the gauge that comes with the mityvac.

I had used all these connectors and kind of hooked it up, but it wouldnt stay together and the gauge wasnt moving when water was pumped into the reservoir. I checked this otherwise outside of water and it works.

Also different question any recommendations for a high quality seal to be used for air pumping?

As I suggest to everyone, go clamping instead of pumping.

Way more effective, safer if done correctly and brings real gains which won’t go away.

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Real answers please

All you need to do is plumb that tiny water container that came with your brake bleeder pump into the vacuum tubing between your vacutech pump and the cylinder, so that if water gets sucked from your cylinder, it goes into the little water container instead of being sucked into your vacutech hand pump.

Notice I keep referring to the water container you got with your brake bleeder as tiny and little, because the water that gets sucked from your cylinder might be too much for that container to hold.

Your brake bleeder pump is not needed, unless your vacutech pump fails. All you need is that water container between that cylinder and the pump to prevent water entering the pump. Maybe I can draw you a diagram.

WOW thank you so much

What do i do when the cup fills up? It filled up pretty quick for me

I would say the best remedy is start with a little less water in the cylinder until you find the perfect fill level, or find a way to plumb in a larger water reservoir.

2 ways to avoid filling the bleeder cup:

1. Fill up the cylinder, insert hard or partial or flaccid - whatever you plan to do. Then pull out and the level in the tube is a good starting fill level.

2. But another pump as a backup ($16 on sale) and hook two bleeder cups in line between the cylinder and pump.

I end up doing both.

- Jxx