Very cool. Pix? website? I'm guessing that all the harbour fright vacuum pump is a T connector where air comes from one side and the liquid goes to the other. Correct?
There is a 40K limit on email size so feel free to email me directly. Thanks George -------------- Original message -------------- > Harbor Freight sells an air powered vacuum pump for about $10. I took > this, and an old soda/acid fire extinguisher to make mine. I put a clip-on > tire chuck on the vac pump. It hooks to the pressurization valve (tire > valve) on the extinguisher. I have a piece of copper tube I ram down the > dipstick tube. It is hooked to a piece of polyprop. tubing which in turn > fits inside the hose of the fire ext. Once everything is hooked up, i open > the extinguisher valve and plug the air hose into the pump. > > The nice thing about this setup is that when it is done, I pull the tube > out of the extinguisher hose, unhook the vac pump and put the hose in an > empty oil jug. A little air pressure to the extinguisher tank, and i can > open the valve and fill a couple of jugs with the used oil. You can, > however give yourself and everything around a oil bath if you are not > careful with the pressurized discharge. > > > At 09:40 AM 8/24/2005, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I was at autozone the other day and in came a guy withe a small 2 gallon > >canister with a weird contraption on it. > > > >Said it was a old r-12 canister with a connector that you apply shop air > >to it and it creates a vacuum. He used it to pull all the oil out of his > >engine that way. Looked like it used a venturi effect. > > > >I thought that was pretty slick, You could use it to pull brake fuild or > >transmission fluid or anything else. Definately make less of a mess for me. > > > >Has anyone built one of these? I'm sure there are plans somewhere on the > >internet but suck vacuum oil dipstick crackcase are very common in the > >automotive world and google has a ton of links I'm going through. > > > >Any help would be greatly appriciated. > > > >Thanks > > > >_______________________________________ > >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > >For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net