Re: Drying tranny oil

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Original poster: "marc metlicka by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> What exactly is Ice melt? You're not talkin about rock salt
> I assume..

No, Ice melter is potassium chloride in pellet form. If it is dried real
well in an oven spread out on a cookie sheet or something, it can be
dried to very low moisture content. 
Then put it in a five gallon bucket with lid that has a spout, connect a
tube like sump pump hose from the spout to the drain bung of the oil
drum. leave it set for a week or so, check the ice melt for moisture, if
it is getting wet, dry it in the oven again and repeat.
This is a real good desiccating setup and should remove 99.9% of all
moisture with a little patients.
A real nice way to filter the oil is to get a very large hydraulic oil
filter made for diesel tractors or dozers, set it in a five gallon
bucket, start a siphon using a small 1\4" tubing and put it into the
center hole of the filter. As the bucket gets 3\4's full, clamp the
tubing, pour the clean oil into a clean drum or buy some new five gallon
buckets with lids from home depot, then put the tube back into the
filter and unclamp.
It wont be fast process, but for the cost savings, i would gladly do it
for a share of this fine oil?
There are other ways. Oil absorbing tubes and "pig mats" will soak oil
but not water, these could then be wrung out, but the filter\desicating
system works and is cheep.
I use two jars of ice melt rigged with a tube that i connect to my
bucket caps once a month to just make sure the mineral oil hasn't
absorbed any moisture. These bucket caps have been in severe duty for
going on three years now.
Take care,
Marc M.


> 
> Coiling In Pittsbrugh
> Ben McMIllen
> 
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "marc metlicka by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
> >
> >
> > A dryer is easy, just one or two sealed buckets of ice
> > melt connected to
> > the drum via a hose.
> > filter through coffee filters to remove the smallest of
> > particles.
> > Take care,
> > Marc M.
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >   I recently acquired 110 gallons of transformer
> > oil.. Unfortunately, when
> > > > I got it I had to put it into a 55 gal drum that had
> > some water in it
> > > > (Bad.. I know.. but it was drain it or loose the free
> > oil) Is there any
> > > way
> > > > to dry the oil (get the water out)? I was wondering
> > if you could maybe put
> > > > the drum under a vacuum.. Also, the oil had alot of
> > crud (corrosion from
> > > > the tanks it was in).. can this be easily filtered
> > out? I don't want to
> > > use
> > > > the oil and then have problems with conductive stuff
> > floating around
> > > > inside.. ;)
> > > >
> > > > Coiling In Pittsburgh
> > > > Ben McMillen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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