F-22 Raptor SHO
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I've been wanting to do my MTX fluid replacement but I just dont have the guts to drill and tap a drain plug into something that could cost me a bundle if I do it wrong. So, I have to go the suck route. But how to do it?
Most devices at the autoparts store just dont work well, so I got to playing around and came up with a nice DIY tool.
I used to have vacuum evacuation chambers like this all the time in my old lab, but those a pricey. So, I made one out of the following parts:
1 half gallon gator-aid bottle
4 feet of tyvek tubing 1/4 inch in diameter.
1 shop vac.
The shop vac creates a vacuum in the gator aid bottle, but since the hose is in the side of the bottle, your vacuum is transferred to the end of the tyvek tubing. Result: mini vacuum that you can suck up oil with. Here is the finished product that when hooked up to your shop vac will serve as a catch bin for all your fluids:
A word of warning to non chemists: this device is not suitable for flamable liquids with as the vapors will go into your vacuum cleaner and could ignite if sparked. Since Oil does not evaporate easily, there is little risk of explosion
Here is the device in action:
I used the small tubing to get way down into the transfer case. Mind you, the flow rate would be faster with larger tubing, but the smaller tubing was more manueverable. Took the device about 30-40 min to fill the jug. You could use like a big ocean spray jug, but the bigger the jug the less ridgid it is. Most often it ends up imploding (i started with a milk jug, then Tide jug, but both were 1 gallon sized and pretty wimpy)
My assistant cleans up after the transfusion:
GIVE ME 2 QT's of M1 stat!!:
The IV method of delivery of fluids works very well....took all of 10 min to add 3 quarts to the tranny.
The patient pulls thru the transfusion successfully and the color has returned to the vital organs:
Most devices at the autoparts store just dont work well, so I got to playing around and came up with a nice DIY tool.
I used to have vacuum evacuation chambers like this all the time in my old lab, but those a pricey. So, I made one out of the following parts:
1 half gallon gator-aid bottle
4 feet of tyvek tubing 1/4 inch in diameter.
1 shop vac.
The shop vac creates a vacuum in the gator aid bottle, but since the hose is in the side of the bottle, your vacuum is transferred to the end of the tyvek tubing. Result: mini vacuum that you can suck up oil with. Here is the finished product that when hooked up to your shop vac will serve as a catch bin for all your fluids:
A word of warning to non chemists: this device is not suitable for flamable liquids with as the vapors will go into your vacuum cleaner and could ignite if sparked. Since Oil does not evaporate easily, there is little risk of explosion
Here is the device in action:
I used the small tubing to get way down into the transfer case. Mind you, the flow rate would be faster with larger tubing, but the smaller tubing was more manueverable. Took the device about 30-40 min to fill the jug. You could use like a big ocean spray jug, but the bigger the jug the less ridgid it is. Most often it ends up imploding (i started with a milk jug, then Tide jug, but both were 1 gallon sized and pretty wimpy)
My assistant cleans up after the transfusion:
GIVE ME 2 QT's of M1 stat!!:
The IV method of delivery of fluids works very well....took all of 10 min to add 3 quarts to the tranny.
The patient pulls thru the transfusion successfully and the color has returned to the vital organs:
