Oil injector Made From PVC Pipe

Oil injector made from PVC pipe FARM SHOP Maintenance 16-5-6 "A length of 4-in. dia. pvc pipe makes a dandy pressurized oil transfer reservoir for getting oil into hard-to-reach places, such as gearboxes and differentials on trucks and tractors," says Richard Breneman, Parsons, Kan., who says the 40-in. long pvc pipe he uses holds 4 gal. of oil. "It moves about 1 gallon of oil a minute," says Breneman. "We do all our own mechanical work. Our tractor holds 15 gal. of oil and we got tired of using a mechanical pump when we changed oil. It only pumped 1/2 pint for every stroke of the lever." The pvc pipe is capped on top and fitted with a threaded air inlet coupler. The bottom end of the pipe is fitted with a hydraulic hose coupler. Breneman fills the pipe through the top by unscrewing the coupler. To transfer oil, he hooks up an air compressor hose which forces it out the bottom. "Once I hook up the air compressor there's no way to shut off the flow of oil so I fill the pipe up only with as much oil as needed for each job. Before I hook up the air compressor hose I make sure that the end of the hydraulic hose is inserted in the gearbox or differential. You could, however, put a valve on the discharge hose to control flow," says Breneman, who uses about 80 lbs. of air pressure. The pvc pipe is clamped to a length of angle iron mounted on a disk blade base. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Breneman, Rt. 3, Parsons, Kan. 67357 (ph 316 421-5227).

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