If you need the washer ITMT, you can buy the heavy duty pump by itself from
Harbor Freight (www.harborfrieght.com). It is $39.99, p.n. 5286. Shipping
is free if you get the order up to $50. Maybe the heavy duty pump will work
longer. By the looks of the picture, it is mostly plastic, so who knows.
I'm not sure a drill operated pump will work well. Think of the drill after
a half hour of constant use.
You might try using diluted Simple Green as a degreaser. It should work
pretty well, it smells nice, and it won't attack the pump.
I hate this disposable society we live in. I remember the days when you
could get things fixed! (Or fix them yourself.)
Allen Hefner
Philly Region SCCA Rally Steward
'77 MG Midget
'75 MG Midget "The Project"
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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In a message dated 4/24/02 7:15:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM writes:
> I've been planning to re-engineer it with an external solvent
> reservoir/settling tank, and one of those cheap drill-motor driven pumps,
> but that project is currently way, way down on my priorities. I don't know
> for a fact that the drill-driven pump will last any longer (they're rated
> for use only with water), but I've used one in the past with good success
> (probably 100 uses over a 2 year period and still going), plus it's easy
> and
> cheap to replace.
>
> Another big problem with my parts washer is that the lid doesn't seal worth
> a durn and the solvent evaporates. I'm hoping the external tank will solve
> that problem.
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