I buy 80/90 in 20 litre pails and have a lid pump to go on the pails.
Filling problems have gone away. This is also the cheapest way to buy
the oil. Win Win
John and Muddy
bfishel@cisnet.com wrote:
>
> I used to heat a pan of water to a boil and dump it into a 5 gallon bucket.
> Place the bottles of gear lube in the bucket for 20 minutes or so and it
> would pour easier.
> I've since broken down and bought a Safeway pump and container. Wouldn't
> dream of doing it any other way now.
> Bill Fishel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Palmer <rbpalmer_nrt@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:40:58 AM
> To: <lro@koan.team.net>
> Subject: RE: [lro] Stiff steering question...
>
> >
> > heh I can imagine... as it is, at 15 degrees, 140wt has the consistency
> of
> > silly putty. And I had to drain and fill both swivel housings, gearbox,
> and
> > transfer case (and using a borrowed garage) - my eventual method was to
> > leave the case of 1qt bottles of gear oil by my fireplace, then ferry
> them
> > over one by one as they got toasty warm, and pump them in before they
> cooled
> > off :P
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Matthew Riley" <mriley@daowen.co.uk>
> > >Reply-To: lro@koan.team.net
> > >To: <lro@koan.team.net>
> > >Subject: RE: [lro] Stiff steering question...
> > >Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:39:12 -0000
> > >
> > >
> > >If you think that took a while, you should see how long it takes when you
> > >use grease :-)
> > >
> > >Matt Riley
> > >Defender 90 200Tdi
> > >
> > > > When I drained the swivel housings (and this took quite a
> > > > while due to the
> > > > temperature and the thickness of the 85W140)
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