Fixed the parts washer!

Lynn Patrick · Jan 9, 2020

Thought I'd show how!
1st pic is the 1 1/4" sink drain in the tub.

2nd is the 2 pails w/the drain in the spout of the 1st. It settles out the large pieces & fluid runs off the top thru another sink drain into the second.

3rd - the second pail drains out about 1/2 way from bottom, runs thru a diesel tank filter, then to the HF pump.

4th is a piece of rubber mud flap where the switch used to be, absorbs any vibration from the pump to the original flexible tube.

No liquid stays in the tub & pump is easily replaced if ever needed again, & BOY does it work great!!

Hobo,NC · Jan 9, 2020

Mine sets on a drum I was told years ago to put a few gal of water in the bottom the trash would settle into the water and not mix with the solvent... I filter the trash before it drops into the reservoir, mine came with socks you drop in the drain they stayed stopped up all the time them they came out with a fine mess filter to drop in the drain it will amaze ya how fast they stopped up.

It would be nice if it had a bypass so you could run the filter every now and again to filter out anything that's suspended in the fluid. After a clean run thru the filter bypass it for normal cleaning projects... I am gonna wager that filter will be a pain the the arse if you run the fluid thru it all the time if you do not catch the trash before it enters the reservoir...

8NChris · Jan 10, 2020

(quoted from post at 19:23:55 01/09/20)
Mine sets on a drum I was told years ago to put a few gal of water in the bottom the trash would settle into the water and not mix with the solvent... I filter the trash before it drops into the reservoir, mine came with socks you drop in the drain they stayed stopped up all the time them they came out with a fine mess filter to drop in the drain it will amaze ya how fast they stopped up.

It would be nice if it had a bypass so you could run the filter every now and again to filter out anything that's suspended in the fluid. After a clean run thru the filter bypass it for normal cleaning projects... I am gonna wager that filter will be a pain the the arse if you run the fluid thru it all the time if you do not catch the trash before it enters the reservoir...

ice plumbing. A catch tank and filter are a good idea.

I learned the water trick from an mechanic in 93. He says both his Varsal washers would last six months to a year with a couple of inches of water. Around 2000 or so Safety Clean wouldn't dump our washers if they had water in the bottom. He started trading with NAPA and they were fine with it.

Hobo,NC · Jan 10, 2020

I had Safety Kleen service mine for several years then started buying solvent in bulk somewhere in the mid 80' s. I started hoarding it in the early 2000's I had so much I sold it to friends I have enoufh left to last me my lifetime 400 gal are so should do it...

Varsol has always been 2,3,4 times higher than gasoline.

Gantt · Jan 10, 2020

nice washer... i like you ingenuity. great design and using resourced parts to build.
i was lucky enough to have an older fellow give me a parts washer about fifteen years ago. we used it for years, then it sat un-used for a couple years. i added safety clean to it and kept smelling the solvent but never thought much of it. went to use it for the first time and it was empty again. turns out i had a hole rusted in the 16 gal drum. i swapped to an old grease keg same size and been running strong. the guy said he got it from the Chevy dealer he worked at, they got new models in the mid 90's and was tossing the old in the scrap pile.

Eman85 · Jan 10, 2020

(quoted from post at 09:22:03 01/10/20)
nice washer... i like you ingenuity. great design and using resourced parts to build.
i was lucky enough to have an older fellow give me a parts washer about fifteen years ago. we used it for years, then it sat un-used for a couple years. i added safety clean to it and kept smelling the solvent but never thought much of it. went to use it for the first time and it was empty again. turns out i had a hole rusted in the 16 gal drum. i swapped to an old grease keg same size and been running strong. the guy said he got it from the Chevy dealer he worked at, they got new models in the mid 90's and was tossing the old in the scrap pile.

Makes you wonder about the water on the bottom trick?

8NChris · Jan 10, 2020

Makes you wonder about the water on the bottom trick?

akes a while but it does eat through the steel barrels eventually. For what we did in the shop it was worth it to scrap the steel barrels and buy a new full barrel.

Hobo,NC · Jan 10, 2020

(quoted from post at 22:47:45 01/10/20)

(quoted from post at 09:22:03 01/10/20)
nice washer... i like you ingenuity. great design and using resourced parts to build.
i was lucky enough to have an older fellow give me a parts washer about fifteen years ago. we used it for years, then it sat un-used for a couple years. i added safety clean to it and kept smelling the solvent but never thought much of it. went to use it for the first time and it was empty again. turns out i had a hole rusted in the 16 gal drum. i swapped to an old grease keg same size and been running strong. the guy said he got it from the Chevy dealer he worked at, they got new models in the mid 90's and was tossing the old in the scrap pile.

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Makes you wonder about the water on the bottom trick?

Good Used coolant :wink:

Gantt · Jan 10, 2020

good idea.
and most shops throw away the 16 gallon drums anyway. we buy gear oil, hydraulic oil and grease in 16 gal drums. my parts washer drum says Valvoline on it. the white and blue goes well with the red washer upper

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