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Air Powered Drum Pump

#1 Post by John_Heard » Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:34 pm

New toy I picked up last weekend @ Harbor Freight, it's an Air Powered Drum Pump.

I've had 3 or 4 different low cost manual pumps I've used for pumping fuel, and they all are junk. I finally broke down and bought one of these $65 air powered pumps. No moving parts, it pressurizes the drum and forces the liquid up the tube. Hopefully this one will work good!


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Re: Air Powered Drum Pump

#2 Post by evil16v » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:47 pm

need one of those at work for oil
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Re: Air Powered Drum Pump

#3 Post by Mike Peters » Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:46 am

John, have you tested the pump yet?
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#4 Post by John_Heard » Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:21 am

No, haven't tried it yet. It'll be a while before I pump out some fuel for the car.

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