willie59
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Well, I've posted this handy little shop tool in a couple of places on the forum, makes it kinda obscure to find it hidden in a thread somewhere though. So I thought I would start a thread about it so it's easy to locate for someone who would find it useful for them. Problem I had was trying to figure out what section on the forum to post it. Didn't see an appropriate alternative to post it other than in Showtime. :tong
Many times when doing repairs, you run across little messes you have to deal with. Could be oil, could be antifreeze, water, diesel fuel, any number of liquids that are giving you a problem and you need to remove it. Sometimes, could use a pile of rags. But even rags cost money, then you have oily or contaminated rags you have to dispose of. Some creative individuals get the thought they have a shop vac. Perfect, problem solved. Well...not quite. Shop vac may get the job done, but now you have a disgusting mess inside your shop vac you have to deal with. Solution?
The suck bucket.
Take an empty 5 gal oil bucket with lid in place. On opposite side of lid, drill a hole in lid that will snugly fit a piece of 1/2" ID clear vinyl tubing in lid. 1/2" seems to be a good size, moves a good bit of liquid, and any tubing larger in size tends to collapse. You're now ready to tackle those messy tasks.
I had to repair a leaking control shaft seal on a Morooka dumper drive pump. Once I removed the control valve, had this nice, small lake of hyd oil lying there saying "ha, ain't gonna let you make a seal with a gasket".
"Oh Yeah!" I says to the pump, "watch this!" Place shop vac hose over pour spout of suck bucket, stick vinyl tubing into innards of pump, and sllluuurrrrrrppppp. Oil gone.
Many times when doing repairs, you run across little messes you have to deal with. Could be oil, could be antifreeze, water, diesel fuel, any number of liquids that are giving you a problem and you need to remove it. Sometimes, could use a pile of rags. But even rags cost money, then you have oily or contaminated rags you have to dispose of. Some creative individuals get the thought they have a shop vac. Perfect, problem solved. Well...not quite. Shop vac may get the job done, but now you have a disgusting mess inside your shop vac you have to deal with. Solution?
The suck bucket.
Take an empty 5 gal oil bucket with lid in place. On opposite side of lid, drill a hole in lid that will snugly fit a piece of 1/2" ID clear vinyl tubing in lid. 1/2" seems to be a good size, moves a good bit of liquid, and any tubing larger in size tends to collapse. You're now ready to tackle those messy tasks.
I had to repair a leaking control shaft seal on a Morooka dumper drive pump. Once I removed the control valve, had this nice, small lake of hyd oil lying there saying "ha, ain't gonna let you make a seal with a gasket".
"Oh Yeah!" I says to the pump, "watch this!" Place shop vac hose over pour spout of suck bucket, stick vinyl tubing into innards of pump, and sllluuurrrrrrppppp. Oil gone.
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