Pressurized Lube Pump

Pressurized Lube Pump FARM SHOP Maintenance Poor access to gear lube ports isn’t a problem for Don Sandell since he built a pressurized container out of 4-in dia pvc pipe It’s handy and the right size for people who don’t like hauling around the big 5-gal buckets with pumps     The 2-ft tall container holds about 4 quarts of lube and works great to fill the side ports on the row unit gear boxes on his corn head Sandell says He drilled and tapped the top pvc cap for a pressure gauge sprayer camlock fitting and tire valve stem then used pvc glue to seal the fittings and the caps at both ends A section of sprayer hose is fitted to the bottom and connected to a ball valve attached to one leg of a wire stand Sandell clamped a piece of brake line to the hose and bent the line slightly to access the gear lube ports     To use it remove the plug in the camlock fitting fill with oil close it and pressurize the container with a compressor connected to the valve stem     “I keep the pressure at only 40 lbs ” Sandell says then he opens the ball valve to get the lube flowing Too much pressure could blow it apart he warns     He notes that he first made a unit with threaded caps but it leaked air so he recommends securely gluing caps instead     “It’s just a quick easy way for filling gearboxes with a side port ” he says and cost him less than $30 to make buying new fittings and using scraps he had on hand     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Sandell 2222 310th St Fort Dodge Iowa 50501 ph 515 547-2379; dsandell@lvcta com

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