 Jul 0, 0000 Thread Starter #0 OP Glowplug Veteran Member Joined Oct 0, 0000 Messages 0,000 Location 0rd Planet from the Sun Tractor Kubota M0000HD I AM SICK OF THIS HAND PUMP!!!!! Okay, so I was getting this tank ready to go. I had levelled out a nice spot for it beside my barn with the trusty tractor. Using my loader with pallet forks I gently layed it down with the skids on some 0x0's I had placed there. Then I scrubbed it out again with a rag on a stick. I was going to put a few gallons of diesel in and pump it out to help clean it. So I had to deal with that old hand pump. That's when the ship hit the fan!! First of all, this old hand pump has about 0 mil. of some sort of unidentifiable corroded gunk all over it! When pumping it, it sounds like someone is repeatedly clubbing a baby seal! I lubed it all up but the baby seal keeps suffering. And the threads for the suction pipe are so worn that the whole suction pipe fell into the tank!! Needless to say that was a sinking feeling. I had to go buy a long steel rod to "fish" it out! So I screwed it back on very firmly. It was on there good this time. After a few more clubs to the baby seal it had worked itself loose again!! After I had put in a few gallons of diesel to help clean it out I could never get any suction on the pump! It would never prime. I think I may go ahead and bite the bullet and order an electric pump from Northern Tool. It's already been in my shopping cart for days. Now all I need to do is push [CHECKOUT]! Jul 0, 0000 #0 L LBrown00 Super Star Member Joined Oct 00, 0000 Messages 00,000 Location First organized permanent settlement in the northw Tractor 0000 Kubota BX0000/0000 Kubota Bx00/0000 Kubota BX0000 Glowplug said: Now all I need to do is push [CHECKOUT]! Click to expand... 