01-13-2016, 08:29 AM
I'm not sure if I showed this before but I just found the pics on my phone. Whilst I was 'away' I decided to make an oil pan for use under my hoist. When my Dad had his mechanic shop, he had a pan that sat on a stand, with a spring-loaded valve on the base. When on the stand under the vehicle, the valve was closed. When placed onto the adaptor, which screwed onto a 44 gal drum, the valve opened.
I decided that I would use a ballcock valve instead and a 9kg propane bottle as the drain pan. The valve screws directly into the neck and the shroud/handle allows the pan to stand on a shelf without tipping over. A slot milled into a section of exhaust tube allows the pan to sit flat on the top of an old speaker tripod. The pan will easily hold 10L which will cover just about anything that I am going to work on.
The handles were bent up form 5mm rod using the bender that I made.
I decided that I would use a ballcock valve instead and a 9kg propane bottle as the drain pan. The valve screws directly into the neck and the shroud/handle allows the pan to stand on a shelf without tipping over. A slot milled into a section of exhaust tube allows the pan to sit flat on the top of an old speaker tripod. The pan will easily hold 10L which will cover just about anything that I am going to work on.
The handles were bent up form 5mm rod using the bender that I made.
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