I modified my setup and bought some 3/4" OD rubber coolant tubing and made an adapter to fit it into the dipstick tube. No problem with hot oil. Still getting oil spray inside the ShopVac but working well otherwise. Bruce
Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An interesting innovation, but I think that would drive the cost up to maybe $5, which might be worth it to get hot oil (though you might need a metal container to catch it in. I understand too that the inserted tube does not really need to go down into the drain pan as the dipstick tube ends down there, so you really only need to get it in the wider part at the top, and seal it for the vac to work. That is about 5/8" ID I think. --R Loren Faeth wrote: >I use a 3 foot length of 1/4 inch OD copper tubing, shoved into 1/4 ID PP >hose. I like the solid thunk when the copper hits the bottom of the >pan. It is a little harder to shove down the dipstick, but it does the job >nicely. Neither has collapsed, and I vacuum out HOT oil. > >At 06:24 PM 11/5/2005, you wrote: > > >>I use that rigid poly tubing, seems to hold up fairly well with "warm" >>oil (I have not tried it with HOT, duh!!!). But hey, it accomplished >>the task, right? >> >>--R >> >>B Dike wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hot oil causes drain line to collapse. Shop Vac hose >>>collapses. Oil sprays into ShopVac canister. Oil in >>>shop vac hose leaks all over garage floor afterward. >>> >>>BUT >>> >>>Not a single solitary drop of oil remains in oil sump. >>>Around here we call this success. >>> >>>Cheers, >>> >>>Bruce >>> >>>Bruce >>>82 300CD 334kmi 'His' >>>85 300CD 236kmi 'Hers' >>>75 240D 194kmi 'Donner' >>>77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>__________________________________ >>>Yahoo! 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 07 22:00:17 2005 Received: from mail1.mx.voyager.net ([216.93.66.204]) by server1.arterytc1.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EZF2G-0001NS-VH for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:00:17 +0000 Received: from voyager.net (d7.as0.sfld1.mi.core.com [209.153.142.136]) by mail1.mx.voyager.net (8.13.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id jA7LxxWW088329 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 17:00:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:03:28 -0500 From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] I need a car & I found a car for $299. X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:00:17 -0000 LT Don wrote: > > Just donate it to the non-profit where I work and take the tax write-off. > But these days, unless the organization keeps the vehicle for internal use, the deduction is limited to whatever the organization sells it for. (remember those cheap Texas Cars for Kids auctions? Charity sales tend to be lower than private transactions) Better to sell the car for FMV and give the cash to the charitable organization. The charity gets more money and you get a bigger deduction if you can beat their bargain sale prices when you sell it yourself.
