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    Hello,

    How many more DIY tests will a vacuum pump allow me to do compared to a simple vacuum gauge?

    The pump is 3 times more expensive.

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    you want the gauge.
    I suspect the vacuum pump you mention is one intended for brake bleeding but can also be used for checking vacuum operated devices.
    "The gas pedal wouldn't go to the floor if it weren't meant to be there"

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    I have a vacuum gauge. It was cheap but its very good. I cant think of an application for a vacuum pump. This may have more to do with my lack of imagination than the capability of the pump

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    For Whiskychaser
    http://www.mityvac.com/
    "The gas pedal wouldn't go to the floor if it weren't meant to be there"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ross View Post
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    http://www.mityvac.com/
    Thanks Ross. One of these days I should fly out there and we might have a drink or two? You might even explain what 'shoot the breeze' means as I am at a loss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiskychaser View Post
    Thanks Ross. One of these days I should fly out there and we might have a drink or two? You might even explain what 'shoot the breeze' means as I am at a loss.
    shoot the breeze, I found a video that pretty much explains it:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/VizualCa.../4/TuBKvSJnY6A

    watch the other videos they are actually good/funny mattering on opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mordan View Post
    Hello,

    How many more DIY tests will a vacuum pump allow me to do compared to a simple vacuum gauge?

    The pump is 3 times more expensive.
    If you purchase a Mighty Vac or other good quality vacuum pump with a large guage, it can also be used as a vacuum guage - ie: both purposes.
    And some of the more proffesional versions can also be reversed to act as a pressure pump.

    Vacuum pumps are good for checking hoses for leaks as well as vacuum actuators such as found in heater and ventilation controls and some gadgets under the hood such as some EGR valves and such.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ss2115 View Post
    If you purchase a Mighty Vac or other good quality vacuum pump with a large guage, it can also be used as a vacuum guage - ie: both purposes.
    And some of the more proffesional versions can also be reversed to act as a pressure pump.

    Vacuum pumps are good for checking hoses for leaks as well as vacuum actuators such as found in heater and ventilation controls and some gadgets under the hood such as some EGR valves and such.
    thx for the feedback. Now I know Mighty Vac pump is indeed much better than a simple gauge. By looking at ebay listings I learned you can also do liquid displacement, and brake bleeding!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiskychaser View Post
    Thanks Ross. One of these days I should fly out there and we might have a drink or two? You might even explain what 'shoot the breeze' means as I am at a loss.
    I'd be happy to sponsor a pint or two(two, phhht) should you ever find yourself in Chicago.
    "shoot the breeze" just means conversation, or perhaps more correctly "small talk". I haven't a clue about the phrase's etymology.

    Quid pro quo; Bollocks, bollix? Same? My father spent some time in Bassingbourne during the mid forties, something to do with airplanes and Germany, he used the word to describe things gone wrong but I'm inclined to think it also refers to one's anatomy.

    No language like English, kings or otherwise for colorful euphemisms. Seems to be the first thing foreigners here adopt, often with result.
    "The gas pedal wouldn't go to the floor if it weren't meant to be there"

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