Well boys, lo and behold I went to use my Liqivac and found that it had deformed on the last "hot" oil change. Now it would not hold a vacuum even with hose clamps in all the right places.

So, thanks to Scott's fine use of paintshop, I had a decision to make between the spiderman's extractor and the fine looking black number from Boats US. Well, it wasn't quite a toss up and they were kind enough to give me the July online offer price and free shipping to boot!
I'm expecting my new waterwolf bi-directional oil extractor/pump any day now.
No more pumping up for me!

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Ed "Don't Benz's just feel better..."

Current wives...
2000 ML430 Skyview "The Mel"
2000 CLK430 Cab "The Cab"
85 300D Turbo "The Diesel"

Past wives...
92 300E
85 190E

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to
avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond
this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to
interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways."
Bertrand Russell