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rocky

rocky

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Got tired of oil pumps for gear oil that share more with soap dispensers and been looking at oil suction guns. The soap dispenser type just don’t work well in winter.

Was about to buy the HF unit when I noticed Napa’s one that feel better made had gone on sale at almost half priced. Makes filling or topping off the T box and diffs a piece of cake.
 

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luckyjoe

luckyjoe

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Let us know how well it works. I bought a Balkamp ~10 years ago and it gave up after three uses...
 
Uncle Douglas

Uncle Douglas

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My buddy Drew has a metal hand pump one you put on a 5gal bucket lid. First one I have seen that looks up to the task.

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acheck

acheck

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I have two of those. The first works okay, the second one leaks nearly an equal amount of oil out from the pump mechanism as it actually pumps through the hose. Still useful though, I buy Rotella tractor fluid by the bucket...
 
Rwollschlager

Rwollschlager

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acheck said:
I have two of those. The first works okay, the second one leaks nearly an equal amount of oil out from the pump mechanism as it actually pumps through the hose. Still useful though, I buy Rotella tractor fluid by the bucket...
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I thought every rover owner had one of these. They leak as much as most rovers but they make life easy.
 
acheck

acheck

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I think I may try a drill powered transfer pump with a hose run into the bucket. No matter what, I will never go back to buying quart bottles!
 
1of40

1of40

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Don’t know where but I saw some gear oil being sold in pouches. Perfectly fine for diffs but tcases would still be a bitch. I admit I’m lazy and take my trucks to an indie shop with my own fluids when i do tcases and gearboxes.
 
rocky

rocky

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Pouches were fine for the Swivel joint grease but their volume is a little limiting for diffs and Transfer cases. Which reminds me to bring the 90wt quarts into the warmth near the furnace so it flows more easily.....
 
acheck

acheck

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amsoil does sell quart pouches of gear oil, if you are into that amsoil thing (i run it in my L322 and LR4, dont bother in the older stuff that gets few miles and changed all the time anyways).
 
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WaltNYC

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easier, but not fast. I set it up and find something else to do while it fills the diff.

Without a lift changing the gear oil in the three differentials is a pain in the butt. I've spent way too much time on my back/side/belly trying to pump thick oil out a bottle with a stupid little hand pump. Don't get me started as to why the damn feed tube ALWAYS falls off the bottom of the pump and winds up on the bottom of the oil jug.

I decided to figure out a better way.

One $10 one-gallon spray tank, a clamp, and a length of hose made life much easier. It still took quite some time to fill the diffs, and the fill plug on the center diff is still a pain, but my days of messing with that stupid little pump and tube that falls into the jug are over.

The white rag around the handle is there to hold the valve open.

Is it the most robust system? No. If I were doing this regularly I'd buy the proper pump but this worked well enough for my purposes.

As noted, not for every day use.

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rocky

rocky

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I just did the diffs and Transfer case with that pump thing I started this thread with. Genuinely impressed at how easy it was in comparison to the soap dispenser style pump. Just remove the output end, pour oil in, reattach end and pump.
 
ullur

ullur

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I bought an Oil Safe pump and paired it up with a lid and container five years ago and never looked back. The best money I've spent on fluid change tools hands down.
 
MountainD

MountainD

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I took the lid off a standard gear oil quart, enlarged the hole, and shoved a hose and hose clamp on it. I used a lid with some ribs on it and it has held the hose on for years now. I turn the bottle on it’s side, poke a hole in it, and apply my air pressure blowing gun (with pressure turned way down) and it very nicely fills my truck (turn bottle upside down while filling). When bottle empties, I swap lid and repeat on next bottle. When done I just fill what’s left into another container or cap it and store on its side with hole up. Used it for years and made from scraps. Use only enough pressure or risk popping lid off. Cheap/easy.
 

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