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The gears eventually crush the dirt, sand and metal pieces into finer and finer pieces causing less damage, so a filter isn't necessary.
Then why do auto transmissions have filters? They have gears made of the same material as manuals, should be alright to let their gears do the crushing too, right?

The only thing I want between my gears is oil film. Also the crushed debris form an excellent abrasive powder for things like bearings too. Yeah no, I like nice and clean fluid, a magnet goes a long way to help with that but a filter still would be nice. Course that would also require a pump of some sorts... Oh, hello ZF6 :D
 

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Then why do auto transmissions have filters? They have gears made of the same material as manuals, should be alright to let their gears do the crushing too, right?

The only thing I want between my gears is oil film. Also the crushed debris form an excellent abrasive powder for things like bearings too. Yeah no, I like nice and clean fluid, a magnet goes a long way to help with that but a filter still would be nice. Course that would also require a pump of some sorts... Oh, hello ZF6 :D

To you and Waystro, that was meant to be a joke, I should have written 'huge metal chunks'.

I was reminiscing about the name, (GM) 'M22-Rock Crusher' 4 speed from like, back in the 1960's?...

Edited: I had written M51 Rock Crusher -
 
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these are a MUST in the hotrod boating world.
pans are super big, and no room for a drain plug

THANKS! I hadn't thought about that, (I think the listing said "automotive") and I've studied yacht design and boat building extensively- Wanted to get a degree in it (Mechanical Engineering degree with minor in Small Craft Design - (Small Craft = under 150 feet- over that length is considered a 'ship'). My main interest was displacement hulls/ocean sailing yachts - planned to build one, 50+ feet with aluminum hull and basically live on it while travelling the world. ME degree- too much calculus for my liking. Other obsessions later on took over.

A few days ago I was watching drag race boats (prop driven) on YouTube and learned a lot in the comments. Quite interesting and those are incredibly fast on water for those distances.
 

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where theres a will, theres a way!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEALEY-AUTOM...EAAOSwaNBUfjc7


L.O.L, that one is a little bit too... high tech?

I was alluding to this: a little bit too... HIGH PRICED at like $269. US dollars and thought people would catch what I meant if they looked at the linked page.
 
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try a pneumatic extractor.
my uncle paid 500 for his.
but we were changing fluids after every race.
 

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Here's one also. https://youtu.be/oDXIU4tsiOA

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

Have two of these..

One with a handle painted YELLOW...specifically for coolants only

One with non painted handle for oils and other fluids.

I CAN STICK PREASSURE WASHER WAND IN CLEAN IT OUT SWISH WITH METHYL HYDRATE AND USE TO PUMP CLEAN OIL INTO TCASE OR DIFFS ETC....

Mostly both are primarily used as extractors..but love em...stick the suck hose in yer dipstick tub draw out most oil...golden.

JM2CW
 

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