I finally got started with WMO today. I've had a drum in the garage for some time, and picked up a cheap-o HF hand-crank barrel pump (that may prove to be the weak link). Got the filter and housing from NAPA as indicated in other threads here.
Once the pump was assembled, the biggest challenge was getting a hose from the pump outlet pipe into the filter. Had to step down 4 times from 1" to 3/4" to 5/8" to 1/2". Rig looks like I'm keeping hose clamp companies in business.
Cranked out about 1/2 QT just to see what it looked like. Still awful black. I wasn't expecting golden honey but I thought it would look a little cleaner.
Set a 5 gal. can under the outlet hose and started really cranking. Got maybe a gallon into it when I notice some drops leaking out around the crank handle. Could it already be backpressure from the filter causing this? The oil is pretty cold, maybe 35 degrees this morning and was just under freezing all night. I assume it would flow better when warmer.
I'm going to crank out some more later and mix in old gas from the boat and power tools that has sat all winter (maybe 5 gal max?) and dump her in the deuce. What could go wrong?
I have seen some of the horrible freight pumps fail. One blew oil everywhere! That was dfd2010, ask him for info. It is quite a challenge to get everything plumbed up isn't it. Dumping the gas in the oil to be filtered makes pumping easier. It sounds to me like you don't have a pressure gauge on your filter setup, might want to add some/one. The filters will crush and be worthless around 100psi. The gauges will also let you know which filter is plugged if more than one is used. Finally, a hand pump?! Your gonna look like Popeye this summer, hehe.
Well, the filter bases I use have many hook up/port options on them. I simply pulled out a plug and installed a gauge, sounds like yours might not be that easy. Keep in mind that the deuce fuel tank holds 50ish gal. You'll be turning that pump for quite some time to fill it up!
I ended up getting about 4.5 gallons filtered today and poured it in the tank. Washed it down with 1/2 gal of diesel plus what little was already in the tank. She fired right up, no smoke to note, ran very smooth. I want to say it sounded a little "less rattley" but that's probably just my imagination. But, for the record, shut off the master switch and fuel continued to flow (I figured it would) and just had no issues. Didn't leave the driveway, just idled for a few minutes. Still, very pleased.
Oh, and I did pour a little gas in the drum but not much. I don't want to turn a very mild fire hazard into an explosive risk. Just too many chances for sparks around that barrel.
Tractor Supply (shameless plug) sells some great 12 volt pumps that will move a lot of liquid.
Just make sure you put a strainer on the pickup tube to keep crud from getting into the pump vane. I just use a piece of screen wire hose clamped to the end of the tube.
Also never pump to the very bottom of a source unless you know there is no water/crud in there.
The temptation is to get every drop of potiential fuel but if you gunk up filters you will go broke replacing them.
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I got one of the HF hand cranks that I use to take wmo out of my final tank. I had 2 filters on it, the durn thing wouldn't pump good enough for the effort I was putting into it. I took off the fuel filter, kept the oil filter on, it pumps good enough now. I did that in the summer, I would have killed myself spinning that hand crank in winter with thicker oil.
Last edited by panshark; 02-06-2011 at 16:17.
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Wreckerman - you got a link to the pumps you are talking about? I see the GPI pumps that mount on top of a fuel tank. Is that what you are talking about?
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