Easiest way to get oil out of a gearbox??

[Spanner]

That contraption does, indeed, work.

But only if you're near a power supply.

 

[cat fever]

You guys never made a "suck bucket"?? Take a wet/dry vac.. hook the main hose on a 5 gal bucket spout.. now get a smaller hose, 5/16" or smaller depending on what kinda room you have in the sucking area.. poke a small hole in the lid of the 5 gal bucket & insert the smaller hose..
The vaccum from the wet/dry vac will cause a vaccum in the 5 gal bucket, therefore sucking at the end of the 5/16' hose..
ALL the liquid ends up in the 5 gal bucket & not in the wet/dry vac....
Its good for all sorts of things.. Try it, it works..

Great info; I think next time I have to change my hydro fluid I'll do it that way. :thumbsup:

 

[FHTM_JK]

I usually wrap some hay twine and/or barbed wire around my output shaft, thereby allowing the bottom seal to become a drain.

LOL!

 

[Egon]

I usually wrap some hay twine and/or barbed wire around my output shaft, thereby allowing the bottom seal to become a drain.

That is the “Never Change Oil” just add method.