I have had one of these for years and yes it works but it's absolutely miserable to use and never fails to make a mess.

Multi-Use Transfer Pump

Mine didn't come from HarborFreight either so I can't blame them ...

All the others I've looked into this AM get the same crap reviews.

 

For $6 bucks it is gong show leak time. What are you trying to pump out? A turkey basting bulb works great for getting out small amounts like brake and PS fluid, but for serious extraction like 7 quarts of oil, a marine vacuum tank is the ticket.


On boats we don't take out the oil pan plugs. We put a tube through the dipstick housing and pump the tank until a vacuum pulls all the oil out.

 

Don't feel bad! I have the same crappy pump and used it to change the rear end fluid. It was a fustrating experiance but it did work.

Yes I would also like to get a better one if it's not too expensive.

Let us know what you get. I may be right behind you!
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There are some nice ones made in brass for boaters
who use them frequently to change the oil in the gearboxes.

You can find them at a boat chandlers.

 

I have a 20L metal paint tin I converted
This is the type that has sprung metal band to seal the lid

I drilled 3 holes in the lid
The first hole has a tube attached under the lid that goes all the way to the bottom
The second has a ball valves and air fitting for my compressor
The Third has a ball valve, Tpiece and air fitting for my compressor

If Im filling I place the bottle inside with the tube into the fluid
Its then a simple matter of adding air pressure to the tin via the ball valve
This pumps the fluid out and up the main tube

The tin is big enough to pump any fluid up to a 4L bottle

If im draining I open second ball valve. This creates a vacuum in the tin and draws fluid in.

I could also use it for brake bleeding but find its too big and prefer my smaller version for that. I ended up getting a dedicated bleeder after I converted the small one into a smoke tester. Just added a glow plug and fill it with baby oil

Cheers
34by151

 

I'm looking for something I can pickup this weekend for tranny fluid.

I'd rather drink the stuff and **** it in than use that orange pump again!

The car is also on jack stands so no tall pumps.

 

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I'd rather drink the stuff and **** it in than use that orange pump again!

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Now, that's funny no matter what you are pumping.


http://www.westmarine.com/oil-change-pumps


This page has lots pumps and these are good ones. They can overnight one if you need it.

 

After looking at all the pumps and considering the amount of room & dexterity this creaky 60+ year old body will have lying under a car on jack stands with hot exhaust inches from my torso I decided to build my own.

It will be based upon a clear plastic OJ jug, a pair of 1/4" barbed hose bulkhead fittings placed in the lid, some clear hose, an air compressor at very low pressure and 1 cautious old fart operator lest he be covered with tranny fluid due to a sudden burst of said container!

I hope the appeal of just lying there near motionless while pressing the control valve and watching the fluid flow into the tranny instead of furiously pumping a flimsy plastic handle on a quart bottle that invariably either breaks, falls over or pulls the hose out of the fill hole thus sending fluid flying everywhere is realized!

If it does ... perhaps then I can finally bury that horrid orange pump which while it does pump the oil 25% of it invariably ends up elsewhere.
It is perhaps better suited for enema duty in the privacy on ones bathroom!

I think a Viking funeral would be best.

 

Well I didn't do something quite as involved as this https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...3/#post1223913

But I did buy a pair of 1/4" barbed brass bulkhead fittings and utilized an old Tropicana orange juice jug with very low ait pressure about 5 psi and with the limited space (on jack stands) I had my darling with refill the contraption each time. This was pretty slick compared with those plastic pumps. I was also able to hold the filler hose in such a way so that I didn't spill it all over the place.


Total cost about $16 and maybe 10 minutes to assemble.

This is a keeper!

A mini air pressure regulator right at the jug would be best as the one on my compressor is operating at the very end of it's range for anything near 5 PSI. Get it wrong and the jugs bottom pops out a bit and won't stand up ...

Hey it was cheap and it works.

 

Thats the go, same principal as my unit

The only differences in my one is the can is metal (old paint tin) that has a sealing ring
Also I made it a lot larger so the fluids are not pored into the tin. I just put the whole bottle inside with the tube in the bottle.

I also made one very similar in size as a smoke pot for chasing vac leaks.
Adding a glow plug and filling with baby oil

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-leaks-117917/

Cheers
34by151