Gear lube pump
 

Does Merc make a pump for gear lube that will allow you to fill a Bravo 1 from the bottom up?

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I got a Quicksilver one from US boat (west marine) for mine

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does it fill from the bottom plug?

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All drive pumps fill from the bottom plug up.

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Buy the pump that has the threaded fitting on it, the cheaper ones do not have it.

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Here is what I use

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yes. and it threads in.

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Jason,
Here is one that I had made up and have more if you're interested. Has quick disconnect and oring, dirt cap, etc.

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I like the quick connect.Good idear :drink:

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Yes they make a pump that you can get at West Marine or just about any boating store for around $7.

Cordell

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I took the tube and screw in fitting off of a manual pump (shown above) and installed it on the discharge of a drill driven oil change pump. Use a short piece of garden hose on the suction and fill from the oil container. Easy and neat.

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I have used this exact unit from Stevens Instrument. Probably the best one out there, it has a quick disconnect and you pump up the pressure and just let it fill the drive up. There is a valve right at the coupler to shut off the flow when drive is full. Unit is around $150.

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I use the quick disconnect to shut off the flow and let the drive equalize, once I see oil in the bottle. I can offer it with a canister, but have not found a suitable unit yet...

Dick

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Thunderstuck, you've got the ticket! Men work better with good equipment!

I have been using the same thing that "GOODT" has, but it takes several minutes and A TON of pumping, but now I use the DRILL DRIVEN oil change pump and it fills the drive in about 2 minutes!!! I DO like the quick disconect with the shut off valve that comes with the Merc oil pump container, but the 90* fitting doesn't work well when using a drill pump (too much of a resistriction). A straight fitting works much better. I still would like to use something that has a shut off valve where it couples on to the drive just to keep things from getting too messy.

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Mark,
with my setup you can screw the fitting in, using the quick disconnect as a handle. When it is seated you just connect to the hose (with the disconnect) that is attached to the pump. When it gets to the bottom of the bottle, you pull the disconnect apart and let the pressure that builds up in the drive, equalize. The disconnect is the shut off type so there is no spillage. Ben uses two of the fittings so he can fill one drive and then jump to the other while it equalizes. I can sell any combination that some one might want..
Hey has the ice gone out in South Haven yet. I havent been that way lately?? *S*

Dick

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Here's a pic of the one I made I got the pump at Fleet Farm I think I have about $25 in to it
Don

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The oil pump is the least expensive item in a quality setup. It is the fittings that bring the cost up..

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Buy the Quicksilver unit ($ 7.00) and use only the fittings on a small pump up sprayer from Home Depot ($ 20.00). You can then fill the sprayer with several quarts, pump it up and it will slowly fill the drive, instead of you pumping and pumping from quarts. Works great and the reservoir is large enough to store enough lube for a couple fluid changes.

The best and cheapest marine tool made!!

I'm trying to rig up a pump and need to know what thread size
the drain plug/fill fitting is?

I made a gear lube filler from a cheapie 1.5 gallon garden sprayer and just bought a 7 dollar hand pump at west marine and used that to adapt to the garden sprayer. Works perfectly,, couple pumps and the wand locks on and you sit and watch it fill. Takes about 1/2 beer and when oil flows outta the top your done. I have like 15 bucks in it.

3/8" x 16 standard bolt thread.

Thanks. I was hoping it was a standard thread.

[QUOTE=Enough 4 Play;1673789]I have used this exact unit from Stevens Instrument. Probably the best one out there, it has a quick disconnect and you pump up the pressure and just let it fill the drive up. There is a valve right at the coupler to shut off the flow when drive is full. Unit is around $150.[/QUOTE


The best! +3

So where does one find a pipe with 3/8" x 16 thread that can then be adapted to the quick disconnect?
Im sure i can find a quick disconnect in my garage but i dont know about that pipe ???
I can put a nipple on the open half of the disconnect and attach it to the pump tubing but i havent seen a pipe that has the 3/8" x 16 thread that i can then attach a 1/4" quick disconnect to??

Thanks
doug hunt

I see your post is 5 years old, but i have to ask, did you make or buy that 3/8" x 16 pipe to quick disconnect?
Is that maybe 3/8" x16 to 1/4 npt? So a standard quick disconnect will screw on it?
I woild like to find one, tired of fighting the goofy plastic tee on the end of a pump and now i am changing a couple of buddys drive lube as well as my own.
Thanks
doug hunt

3/8-16 is a standard bolt coarse thread. It is not a NPT (pipe thread) Can't mix the 2 w/o ruining your threads in your drive housing.

Buy the cheapest pump unit and use the end.

I made a new end, but made it an inch longer. The ones that come with the manual pump units are usually short that they are a pain to unscrew with oily fingers unless you remove the anode behind the prop, that helps alot for better access to the drain screw threads.

I was just hoping (as in mr gadgets 5 year old post) that this was already a made up piece.
My pump isnt here at my house, so i gotta go to it to see about making tbe end into what i want.
Looks like a little time with a lathe and i can whip something up(which my brother happens to have)
if anyone happens to already have done this or knows if the quick release end from one of those commercial pumps is available seperately, give me a shout.
Thanks
doug hunt

so is it a standard thread...or pipe thread needed ?

yeah just buy the west marine one for 10 bucks you arent going to be able to rig something for cheaper

That is what I ended up doing. I used the wand thing from the garden sprayer I bought left the spray tip off and zip tied the hose and attached fitting end from the WM pump all together. I use the thumb lever for the sprayer as my on/off valve.
It's a super rigged contraption, but for $30 it works good enough including the drips.

They sell the basic quart pump at Wal-Mart and West Marine, and most any marine shop. Take the end off the quart pump and stick it on whatever pump you want to make. I've got mine attached to a 1 gallon garden sprayer. It works great.

Bull****...lol...I work in the skilled trades at GM. I'll have one machined 1" longer, and made out of "unobtainium" by first break in the morning...lol. :drink:

3/8-16 thread for the drive.

Sucks to be a machinist, eh? Making parts for my job gets in the way of making parts for my boats. 95% of our work is out of SS. Lots of left over material. :evilb:

I understand that its 3/8-16...I need to know if the hole in the drive is a standard bolt thread...or a tapered pipe thread ? Thanks. :drink:


And yes....we do alot of "side jobs" (we call it government work) for people. :D

:party-smiley-004:

Take a look at any gear lube pump, the fitting on end of pump
hose screws into the drive housing.
Its the hose on the end that gets in the way, hell i dont even mind the little hand pump( but now that i am changing 3 bravos i will probably rig
up a bigger pump tank).
I just want to be able to screw that fitting into the drive without
the hose attached(ala quick release on the other end
of the fitting), that way when im done i can remove the hose
(attached to whatever pump you want) and have one hand removing the fitting and the other hand very quickly placing the drain plug(3/8-16 screw with o-ring) in the bottom fill hole so as to lessen the mess of gear lube draining out.

sorry we cant all work at GM. My dad retired out there two years ago I know what you mean lol.

DIY or order these
 

Complete kit.
http://www.stevensinstrument.com/gearcase.htm

The fitting I was asking about, but made myself, before finding this. :lolhit: Look under "Hose assembly and parts" for what you need.
You can order online too! :drink:

http://www.stevensinstrument.com/FillPts.htm

And yes 3/8-16 NC standard thread NOT a pipe thread on fitting and
in the gearcase. I'll post some pics of my homemade set-up later.

thanks for the link, ordered exactly what i was wanting

doug