Oil Changer Works Quick, Clean

Oil Changer Works Quick, Clean FARM SHOP Tools 27-1-39 Russell Flock, Maywood, Nebraska, is an innovator when it comes to changing oil in tractors, combines, trucks, and pumps. Several springs ago, he was frustrated because he couldn't get to the oil dipstick on his Case 2170 during planting. "With saddle tanks for the sprayer on the front of the tractor it was impossible to open the doors that gave us access to the engine," he says. He couldn't have added oil if the tractor had needed it without removing one of the tanks. "That got me thinking about other ways to change and add oil," he says. After eight years of experimenting with 15 or 20 different designs, Flock put together what he calls the Able Oil Changer. It consists of a pump, a container for fresh oil and one for used oil, and a small hose and will pump out used oil and refill the engine in just a few minutes. "You can use any reversible power drill to power the pump," he says. Flock installed Pioneer hydraulic couplers and 1/2-in. hoses on his vehicles, so all he has to do to change oil is hook a couple of hoses together, pump out the used oil, and then, after reversing the drill through the same hose. "I also relocated the oil filters using a couple hoses and the same kind of couplers so I don't have to get under the vehicles at all," he says. Flock's Able Oil Changer comes with a 5-gal. bucket for fresh oil and a 2 1/2-gal. container for waste oil. He says the pump can be mounted on any size container, including 30 and 55-gal. barrels. "I'd be happy to advise anyone on how to add hoses and couplers to their own vehicles, tractors, combines, or irrigation pump engines," he says. "For some engines, you can pump out used oil through a small hose inserted through the dipstick tube," he says. "It takes a little longer, but is not nearly as messy as draining oil from the plug in the pan." "In addition to using it for engine oil, you can also use it to change transmission fluid or even empty the oil from gear boxes or differentials," he says. "It can be set up to filter oil as it pumps it out, so it can be reused if you want." The Able Oil Changer sells for $299, plus shipping. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Russell Flock, Able Farm Products, Box 42, Maywood, Neb. 69038 (ph 308 362-4869; E-mail: onthespotoilcha@nebnet.net).

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