mopar parts washer
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Well done Mc Guiver! If the seal stands up to the solvent it should last 100,000 miles! lol
Very cool. Closeup pic how you mounted the pump?
I still have my original one I pulled from the cuda. When I bought new one the core was $20. I kept it for that little$$. Glad I did now.
I used a power steering pump on mine , works good too.
that's what I used to use then the seal started leaking changed it out then over time the vanes kept sticking and it wouldn't pump and it kept getting plugged up even had a filter on it. gave up and came up with this.
rustycowll69
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very ingenious. one concern I would have is that by having the pump lower than the tank, if there is a leak at or near the pump, the tank would drain to the floor, and there could be a fire hazard.
That's why I put a shut off valve just before the pump so when it sits for long periods of time you shut off the flow , if it does leak it's just a small puddle what ever is in the pump, Had this one for 15 years now with no problems.
My first pump was a ford and I lasted 20 years till it started leaking, then I put a GM pump on, it was small no res. I really liked the small size. 2 years it was junk, switch it out with another and didn't get a year out of that one. Then the brainstorm, no vanes, no tight tolerances.
It just pumps.
It just pumps.
PocketAces
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I'm thinking about using an oil pump off a 383/400/440. The oil pump includes the spin on oil filter mount. I'm thinking I can just submerge the whole thing in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket and drive it with a hex rod inserted through a hole in the lid. I'm thinking I'll fit some kind of pipe over the snout with the hex drive inside the pipe.
I need to figure out what kind of motor to drive it with and how to mount it on the end of the pipe. I think it needs to be something with a gear reduction, like maybe a drill. But drills are noisy and they have brushes and make sparks. I was thinking maybe a wiper motor, but with the worm drive, I think they run about 60 rpm, which seems like it might be too slow. An AC motor would be simpler. Any ideas?
I need to figure out what kind of motor to drive it with and how to mount it on the end of the pipe. I think it needs to be something with a gear reduction, like maybe a drill. But drills are noisy and they have brushes and make sparks. I was thinking maybe a wiper motor, but with the worm drive, I think they run about 60 rpm, which seems like it might be too slow. An AC motor would be simpler. Any ideas?
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The problem I always had was tight tolerances in the pump even with a filter, RTV is a big problem it melts and the sticks in the pump because it gets through the filter.
The water pump can pass large stuff.
The water pump can pass large stuff.
PocketAces
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You had trouble with a power steering pump. Isn't that a more complicated pump and therefore more prone to that sort of thing? Did you ever try an oil pump?
I was planning to hang one of these deep fryer oil filters in the bucket just below the inlet, so the big stuff and sludge would hopefully get caught on the way in. These filters cost about 10 cents in quantity from restaurant supply houses. I can just throw them away along with the sludge and grit. They're about 10" in diameter so should last awhile without plugging up and overflowing.
Another idea would be to spin the pump the opposite direction so the solvent gets filtered before it enters the pump. Would a spin on oil filter work if the direction of the flow were reversed?
I was planning to hang one of these deep fryer oil filters in the bucket just below the inlet, so the big stuff and sludge would hopefully get caught on the way in. These filters cost about 10 cents in quantity from restaurant supply houses. I can just throw them away along with the sludge and grit. They're about 10" in diameter so should last awhile without plugging up and overflowing.
Another idea would be to spin the pump the opposite direction so the solvent gets filtered before it enters the pump. Would a spin on oil filter work if the direction of the flow were reversed?
1st it depends on what you are cleaning, take the cover off your oil pump and tell me what the gaps are, no the filter wont work backwards, you might be able to find a filter without a check valve.
PocketAces
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I hear you on the tolerances, but I'm drawn to the idea of the spin on oil filter. I also like having the whole thing submerged so it can't leak to the outside world. I guess I need to include some kind of sock or fine screen on the inlet to the pump in case something big gets past the fryer filter and doesn't sink to the bottom of the bucket. I plan to keep the pickup a few inches off the bottom so it doesn't suck up anything that has settled out.
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