Posted by RedMF40 on June 07, 2020 at 11:16:58 from (172.58.219.123):
So way back when I posted that I was installing a Benwil automotive lift in my home shop. Ongoing saga, that was probably two years ago. Maybe only a year. I lose track of time. Anyway, it's been sitting in pieces, all dismantled, and I finally put it all together, got those heavy posts to stand up and bolted them down. Everything looks good.
Now to fill the oil reservoir. On this lift, the tank sits way up high on the control post. On top of that sits the motor. All kind of ungainly-looking but that's how it came from the factory. So, back to the oil fill. I took out the dipstick, looked at the hole the oil was supposed to go through to fill it up. Gee, that looks kinda small, I thought. It WAS small. No funnel I have is small enough to fit into that little hole. How small? Try 3/8" inch or a tad over. That small. Looks like they intended it to be filled with an eye dropper. That would be fine except that the tank asks for five gallons of oil to fill. Five gallons.
I know at this point the fabricators and mechanical geniuses are saying no problem--just fab up a threaded fitting that adapts exactly to that hole, pump the oil in from down on the floor through a hose. I don't know how to do any of that.
So I went to the restaurant supply store. Condiment dispenser. That's what I had on my mind. Working twelve feet up in the air, and raising my cans of oil even higher, I had no way to get oil into that little opening without it drenching the whole lift and making a mess. I picked out the yellow one--for mustard. I didn't like the red one for ketchup, seemed to "loud." Yellow was nice. It would brighten up the shop.
Back home I snipped off enough of the little nozzle or spout or whatever you want to call it to allow it to still fit into the oil fill. Then I cut the container just about in half. Now it was a funnel.
I put in a part from my old weight set--the ring that holds the weights in place. It would help keep the mustard container weighted down while I was filling. Then to be on the safe side I wired it to a part of the lift motor so it wouldn't unexpectedly topple to the floor and spill oil everywhere.
Believe it or not this all worked. I did not spill so much as one drop of oil. The mustard dispenser, with some fine tuning, drained quickly into the reservoir. My time spent at the top of the ladder pouring gallon jugs of oil was kept to a minimum.
Obviously this all left an impression on me, and if you've read this far and one day happen to be installing a Benwil lift, maybe this is of some value. Otherwise, probably not.
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