--===============2865139800962961319==
--000000000000aa1101059c61d763
I bought a venturi vacuum brake bleeder (uses compressed air to create
vacuum) and it's so much easier than a mityvac. I got mine from wish.com
for less than $15. The only issue you might have is the reservoir only
holds about a pint.
Ben
On Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 9:45 PM Jimmie Mayfield via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:
> My mower and pressure washer have drain plugs near the (vertical) shafts.
> It's kind of a pain in the ass to access on the pressure washer but it's
> still less messy than flipping the whole thing upside-down like the user
> manual recommends.
>
> J
>
> On 2020-01-17 21:08, Bob Spidell via Shop-talk wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> What do y'all use to suck oil out of small engines? I've got one of
> these, but it never worked worth a damn and the tubing got brittle and
> cracked pretty quickly:
>
> *https://tinyurl.com/uh4p7l6 <https://tinyurl.com/uh4p7l6>*
>
> The problem with it is no matter how fast I pumped there would never be
> sufficient vacuum in the canister to move the oil up and out of a sump.
> I've got several small displacement engines that need their oil changed
> regularly--one is a gravel compactor that weighs over 200lbs--and trying to
> tip the engine enough to drain the oil is a real hassle (and messy).
> Anyone know of something that works (I see HF has something similar, but
> the reviews are mixed and it seems to have the same issues as the
> 'Topsider').
>
> TIA,
> Bob
>
> _______________________________________________
> Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/mayfield+shoptalk@sackheads.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk
> http://autox.team.net/archive
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bjzwissler@gmail.com
>
>
--000000000000aa1101059c61d763
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<div dir=3D"auto">I bought a venturi vacuum brake bleeder (uses compressed =
air to create vacuum) and it's so much easier than a mityvac.=C2=A0 I g=
ot mine from <a href=3D"http://wish.com";>wish.com</a> for less than <span c=
lass=3D"money">$15</span>.=C2=A0 The only issue you might have is the reser=
voir only holds about a pint.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
Ben</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gma=
il_attr">On Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 9:45 PM Jimmie Mayfield via Shop-talk <<a=
href=3D"mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
=20
=20
=20
<div>
<div>My mower and pressure washer have drain
plugs near the (vertical) shafts.=C2=A0 It's kind of a pain in th=
e ass
to access on the pressure washer but it's still less messy than
flipping the whole thing upside-down like the user manual
recommends.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>J<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>On 2020-01-17 21:08, Bob Spidell via
Shop-talk wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
=20
Folks,<br>
<br>
What do y'all use to suck oil out of small engines?=C2=A0 I'v=
e got one
of these, but it never worked worth a damn and the tubing got
brittle and cracked pretty quickly:<br>
<br>
<b><a href=3D"https://tinyurl.com/uh4p7l6"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n=
oreferrer">https://tinyurl.com/uh4p7l6</a></b><br>
<br>
The problem with it is no matter how fast I pumped there would
never be sufficient vacuum in the canister to move the oil up and
out of a sump.=C2=A0 I've got several small displacement engines =
that
need their oil changed regularly--one is a gravel compactor that
weighs over 200lbs--and trying to tip the engine enough to drain
the oil is a real hassle (and messy).=C2=A0 Anyone know of something
that works (I see HF has something similar, but the reviews are
mixed and it seems to have the same issues as the 'Topsider')=
.<br>
<br>
TIA,<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
<fieldset></fieldset>
<pre>_______________________________________________
<a href=3D"mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"norefe=
rrer">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>
=3D"noreferrer">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a>
Archive: <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk"; target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href=
=3D"http://autox.team.net/archive"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">htt=
p://autox.team.net/archive</a>
alk/mayfield+shoptalk@sackheads.org" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">h=
ttp://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/mayfield+shoptalk@sackheads.=
org</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<p><br>
</p>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"norefe=
rrer">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br>
errer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>
Archive: <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk"; rel=3D"norefer=
rer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</=
a> <a href=3D"http://autox.team.net/archive"; rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" =
target=3D"_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br>
<br>
alk/bjzwissler@gmail.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">h=
ttp://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bjzwissler@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
--000000000000aa1101059c61d763--
--===============2865139800962961319==
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
_______________________________________________
Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive
--===============2865139800962961319==--
|