An old water cooler compressor solved the problem of having to pump up my Pella nicely



-J

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Has anyone tried one of these? 12 volt DC oil/fuel pump with battery post clamps.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12v-Fluid-Oil-Diesel-Extractor-Scavenge-Suction-Transfer-Change-Pump-Jet-W3LE-/200996159342?_trksid=p2054897.l4276

or

Portable Oil and Fuel Transfer Extractor Pump 12 Volt DC Motor with Hose | eBay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEe-QQnIxw0

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- Neil
'83 W123 (Ol' Yeller)
'82 HP 34C

Go back to Posts #1 and #2.

No need for electrics, both of the units in those posts do a great job. Just get the oil about halfway warm.

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Apparently Kent agrees with you.

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'83 W123 (Ol' Yeller)
'82 HP 34C

This is my setup I made. 5 gal helium tank, 12V diaphram vac pump. No hose inserted in dipstick tube. Dipstick tube is the suction tube. If I can find a 2 gallon glass wine jug, that'd make the setup even better so I can see exactly how much came out.



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Does the dipstick tube extend all the way to the bottom of the oil pan?

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Yes. Commercial/dealer extraction devices hook up to the dipstick tube.

Sixto
87 300D

Yes it does, lower than the drain plug hole. After vacuming the oil out of the dip stick tube, I took the drain plug out and not one drop came out.

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Is this true of the M601 engine? 2.2 Liter?

What about using a vacuum pump from a W124?
Has anyone tried that?

Yes. Even the 616 and 617.

Sixto
87 300D

The central locking vacuum pump? There are so many in wrecking yards that it's worth testing but I don't think they're meant to run continuously. Even with all the vacuum lines detached they time out after 30 seconds or so. The engine vacuum pump should evacuate a 2 gallon receiving tank in less than a minute. I never thought of that as an alternative to 40 strokes of the Topsider hand pump. Better put a filter in the line.

Sixto
87 300D

Yes I was thinking of the central locking vacuum pump. But maybe you would not need to run it continuously. If you had a line lock like Ken does in the video you could run it create a vacuum in the tank and release the lock.

It may also be with it to try the engine vacuum pump with a motor on it.

Kent's 2nd shoot out video, the first link I provided above, compares the volume of oil left in both the engine oil sump and the transmission oil sump using the drain plug versus an extractor. I'm sold.

FYI, check out the Amazon.com reviews of the Topsider. Lots of comments about the hand-pump cap threads being too short and slipping off its threads =>losing vacuum.

What sort of hose do you use for your vacuum line and how do you attach it to the dipstick tube?

Thanks!

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'83 W123 (Ol' Yeller)
'82 HP 34C

Thick wall (1/8 maybe 1/4" thick) clear vinyl tubing and hose clamp. Thick wall needed so tubing don't collapse with hot oil.

Edit: smaller I.d. tubing is less prone to collapse than larger I.d. Choose smallest I.d.that will stretch over the dipstick tube. I think mine was 3/4 " I.d. and I softened it with hot water before stretching it over the tube.

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