Hydraulic tank shut off valve

[ClintA]

I had a hydraulic hose break on the M936 and it drained all the oil out of the storage tank. Has anyone played with the idea of installing a ball/gate valve so if this ever happens again one could shut it off saving oil?

Is the any maintenance that need to be done before I refill? Is it a good time to clean the filter if so how? Thanks in advance

 

[Csm Davis]

Short answer is yes and yes.

 

[4x4 Forever]

If you do place a valve on the suction side, use a small piece of wire to secure the valve in the open position.
Would not want you to go and operate the hydraulics and find the valve on the suction side cut down or off and fry a pump.

 

[DrillerSurplus]

The 100+ drill rigs we used had hydraulic tanks from 20 gallons up to 200 gallons. If the rig didn't come with valve(s) on suction line(s), it was one of the first things we installed, ball valves preferred because they seemed to leak less.

The valve makes working on the pumps so much easier. If the oil was clean and we didn't want to drain the tank to install the valve, we would hook a shop vacuum up to the tank. The vacuum allowed us to break the suction line & install the valve with minimal mess.

 

[acme66]

If the oil was clean and we didn't want to drain the tank to install the valve, we would hook a shop vacuum up to the tank. The vacuum allowed us to break the suction line & install the valve with minimal mess.

See, I can always tell when people do stuff for a living when they have tricks like that. I wonder what else that would work on?


Ken

 

[DrillerSurplus]

See, I can always tell when people do stuff for a living when they have tricks like that. I wonder what else that would work on?


Ken

Diesel fuel tanks occasionally. NEVER on a gasoline tank, air bubbling through gasoline then into a shop vac with sparks for ignition makes for a possible explosion.

 

[VPed]

Diesel fuel tanks occasionally. NEVER on a gasoline tank, air bubbling through gasoline then into a shop vac with sparks for ignition makes for a possible explosion.

But you can use a venturi to create vacuum for a gas tank. A sandblaster gun is a venturi.

 

[acme66]

My first thought was if you plugged the crank vent and pulled vac on the oil fill with a shop vac if you could stop the engine oil draining long enough to switch 5 gallon buckets w/o making a mess?

Ken

 

[MtnSnow]

Yes that works Ken. I used my shop vac when I installed my Fumoto valve in my oil pan as I had recently changed the oil on one of my trucks and didn't want to dump it or have a huge mess when swapping out the OEM drain plug for the Fumoto valve.