what kind of hydraulic vacuum do I need to prevent leakage during install?

[mrmikey]

Now that's funny,

Very, especially when he was hollering to shut it off and we were all too busy laughing to do anything.
I remember the boss came by, a real harda$$ but fair. He knew there were a few of us who worked hard and if we had to do something for ourselves he'd grose us out and in the same breath tell us to finish it up and get it done.
He heard us laughing to kill ourselves , and started to ask " What the **** are you idiots....." and then realized it was the practical joker of the group that got soaked, one of the smartest, best workers we had. "'Bout time someone soaked yer *****" smiling from ear to ear and walked away.....Mike

 

[wdchyd]

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are! (except your buddy)

:laughing:...........Ya can't work on hydraulics without making some kinda mess.....:laughing:

 

[boggen]

be carefull using some shop vacs.

some shop vacs, the air comes in through the inlet, and then up directly through the motor. and then out through some air fins.

other shop vacs, the air comes in, goes through fan blade, and then air goes out some sort of "leaf blower" attachment, and air does not go through the actual motor. this would be a tad more safer to use, (fumes / oil not actually going through electrical motor itself) but these shop vacs are normally the high priced shop vacs, vs the cheap shop vacs out there.

every now and then, i will come across a pump that attaches to a regular electrical drill or battery drill. and is rated for fuels, oils and like that are explosive or could catch fire.

pending on placement and hole size, you can buy a cheap pump, ((use to see them alot for filling kersone heaters)) and normally operate on C or D battery. (may have changed in last few years.) northerntool, grainger harborfrieght, most likely has a pump / vacuum in there gas pump section. that is rated for fuels and oils.

 

[scobrado]

be carefull using some shop vacs.

some shop vacs, the air comes in through the inlet, and then up directly through the motor. and then out through some air fins.

other shop vacs, the air comes in, goes through fan blade, and then air goes out some sort of "leaf blower" attachment, and air does not go through the actual motor. this would be a tad more safer to use, (fumes / oil not actually going through electrical motor itself) but these shop vacs are normally the high priced shop vacs, vs the cheap shop vacs out there.

every now and then, i will come across a pump that attaches to a regular electrical drill or battery drill. and is rated for fuels, oils and like that are explosive or could catch fire.

pending on placement and hole size, you can buy a cheap pump, ((use to see them alot for filling kersone heaters)) and normally operate on C or D battery. (may have changed in last few years.) northerntool, grainger harborfrieght, most likely has a pump / vacuum in there gas pump section. that is rated for fuels and oils.

This is good information, just what I value on the forum. I have two Shop Vac, both the brand name, but both are pretty cheap plastic jobs. I might just hook up something like this: Heavy Duty Drill Powered Pump

 

[Gary Fowler]

be carefull using some shop vacs.

some shop vacs, the air comes in through the inlet, and then up directly through the motor. and then out through some air fins.

other shop vacs, the air comes in, goes through fan blade, and then air goes out some sort of "leaf blower" attachment, and air does not go through the actual motor. this would be a tad more safer to use, (fumes / oil not actually going through electrical motor itself) but these shop vacs are normally the high priced shop vacs, vs the cheap shop vacs out there.

every now and then, i will come across a pump that attaches to a regular electrical drill or battery drill. and is rated for fuels, oils and like that are explosive or could catch fire.

pending on placement and hole size, you can buy a cheap pump, ((use to see them alot for filling kersone heaters)) and normally operate on C or D battery. (may have changed in last few years.) northerntool, grainger harborfrieght, most likely has a pump / vacuum in there gas pump section. that is rated for fuels and oils.

Not likely that hydraulic reservoir will have flammable vapors in it especially if the oil is cold. Cold oil just doesnt give off enough vapor to ignite. Even hot, I doubt the oil vaporizes enought to have fumes that would ignite, they just require too much heat to ignite from any thing in a shop vacuum. Gasoline likely would , diesel might but hydraulic oil, never.