Re: Drying tranny oil

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Alright.. now I'm getting confused.. are you referring to
filtering the oil THROUGH the ice melt? I was made to
believe that putting some in a 5 gal bucket and then
conntecting the bucket (via a hose) to the bung on the
drum, I could dessicate the water out of the oil slowly
over time.. this involves no contact whatsoever between the
oil and ice melt (besides the air that curculates between
the drum and bucket thorugh the hose.. )

Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
> 
> Dont use ice melt or any other salt!!! salt will drop the
> insulation
> strength ot the oil. White lime or quick lime will dry
> oil, but any salt
> will disolve slightly in oil. Lime is not fast, it will
> take a mounth or so,
> but it will not kill your oil like salt will.
>     Robert  H
> 
> > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 21:48:10 -0700
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Re: Drying tranny oil
> > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Resent-Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 20:46:53 -0600
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
msnip...