Absolutely, I'd swap out all the brake hoses on any 10-year-old-car (I have seven of them, all with new brake hoses). They're like $10-$20 apiece. Spend the money on the right tool and use a pressure bleeder. ...but if you want to use a Mytivac to bleed brakes, remove the bleeder screw and jam one of the conical accessory fittings into the bleeder screw seat. As long as you maintain pressure, air leakage shouldn't be a significant problem

Pressure bleeding is preferred, though, and the Motive bleeder seems to be the tool of choice these days. Shop around and you should find new one for $45...maybe less. I can guarantee it works great on a W123 and W114 MB, Typ 85 Audi and E30 and E24 BMW.

Russ M.