cviola2005
6.2/6.5 Detroit Nut
I have delved into WMO. I was able to score about 130 gallons (55 gal drums) of WMO and about 55 gallons (11 5 gal buckets) of farm diesel through a friend of a friend. All free. That's right, even the farm diesel was free. The farm diesel was drained from his tractor because it had some water in it. Well, Water is not hard to get rid of.
Anyways, since I scored that this weekend, I quickly came up with a way to start filtering it. I have a parts donor truck (93 C3500) from which I puled the lift pump, fuel filter manager, and lines before and between. I have this setup laid on top of a few buckets and it is pumping from one bucket to another, while filtering and hopefully removing some water also.
I do not have a spare 12v vehicle battery, but what I do have is a good not-being-used UPS (uninterruptible power supply). I removed the back cover and affixed connectors between the UPS and it's internal battery and connected it to the lift pump. The UPS should be able to keep that little battery (12V7AH) charged during and after pumping.
I am not making any special means of pressurizing it, the only pressure in this temporary setup is whatever pressure is behind the filter.
When I get time, I will be making a better pump for the oil using a 1/2HP (i think) floor fan motor and the hydroboost power steering pump, also from my donor truck.
So far, everything that I have in this (excluding electricity, and diesel cost for transport) has been free. So assuming that I don't have to buy any filters and only have to buy 20 gals of RUG, this should equate to 30.2 cents per gallon. Assuming that I'd have to buy 5 filters and 20 gals RUG would make it 79 cents per gallon. That sounds nice!
Edited: Forgot to mention that it pumps at a rate of 7.5 gallons per hour, or 1 quart every 2 minutes.
Anyways, since I scored that this weekend, I quickly came up with a way to start filtering it. I have a parts donor truck (93 C3500) from which I puled the lift pump, fuel filter manager, and lines before and between. I have this setup laid on top of a few buckets and it is pumping from one bucket to another, while filtering and hopefully removing some water also.
I do not have a spare 12v vehicle battery, but what I do have is a good not-being-used UPS (uninterruptible power supply). I removed the back cover and affixed connectors between the UPS and it's internal battery and connected it to the lift pump. The UPS should be able to keep that little battery (12V7AH) charged during and after pumping.
I am not making any special means of pressurizing it, the only pressure in this temporary setup is whatever pressure is behind the filter.
When I get time, I will be making a better pump for the oil using a 1/2HP (i think) floor fan motor and the hydroboost power steering pump, also from my donor truck.
So far, everything that I have in this (excluding electricity, and diesel cost for transport) has been free. So assuming that I don't have to buy any filters and only have to buy 20 gals of RUG, this should equate to 30.2 cents per gallon. Assuming that I'd have to buy 5 filters and 20 gals RUG would make it 79 cents per gallon. That sounds nice!
Edited: Forgot to mention that it pumps at a rate of 7.5 gallons per hour, or 1 quart every 2 minutes.
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