Performance Tool W54267 Professional Barrel Pump

Had to flush the trans on my truck. This worked great for pumping new fluid into the trans while old fluid was coming out the return line. So far so good on quality! Make sure you tighten down all the fittings first before pumping any kind of fluid through it. I forgot to do that and fluid started leaking through. Tightened them down, and no more problems. Was missing a couple pieces of hardware but it did not keep me from assembling and using it.

I bought this to pump 90W gear oil from a 5-gallon bucket to smaller containers for recycling. The hose ends are just pressed on so I went ahead and put 1/4" hose clamps on both ends before I used it based on the mess others reported. I'd say they were correct because although it seems like low pressure when you are pumping heavy oil it creates a lot of pressure in the hose.**NOTE: The free HF 5 G buckets are NOT standard size and this will NOT fit the top. The HF is larger in diameter. TSC buckets and WM buckets are the standard diameters that will accept lids and this pump.PROS:1) I pumped heavily sludged oil with this from an old Farmall H with zero pump/hose leaks. You do need to pump more slowly the more heavy the oils is otherwise something may give. The bottom line is it will work.2) The pump slides up or down in the lid in case you don't want to be right on the bottom.3) The pump has stand-off feet to maintain an air gap if it is on a flat bottom.4) It saves your back and prevents a major mess trying to dump 5 G of oil into a funnel on a smaller container . . . I know.5) Zero leaks6) PriceCONS:1) you need to supply 1/4" hose fittings to reinforce the hose connections.2) The hose is cheap PVC, but it worked for me. I'm not sure how long it will last and trends to fold where it comes out the top of the pump, however, the pressure expands it open.

Assemble of this product does seem cheap and not going to last long. However, it does work very nice. I may come back in a year or so to review how it holds up. Currently, it does work well. The only issue I have is the plastic hose that connects to the metal part. It does leak sometimes. I wish it came with clamp so that I can clamp it if it leaks. I also wish it has way to store away the hose and metal part right on the unit when I no longer use. However, that's not a show stopper. The unit does work as it intended.

I thought I would try this pump because I wouldn’t be using it often and it fit the budget. Pump looked nice and went together easy. Problem was it never pumped the first time. I’m in the industrial maintenance field and I work with different types of pumps daily. I turned the pump so much trying to get it to prime that the handle eventually just snapped off inside the pump. So at this point I took it apart to see why it wouldn’t pump. The casting tolerances were so bad that it would be literally impossible for this thing to ever hold enough pressure to move any type of fluid. It’s a very cheap and thin casting with a spring the size of a pen spring pressing the rotor blades against the housings. Yard ornament at best.

If you're gonna pump gear oil from a 5 gallon bucket, how else you gonna do it? Buy this one, it's made from metal and will last for years, not plastic junk that will break after the first use. Good pump.

I bought this to pump five gallons of fully synthetic gear oil in my RV's differential. The pump worked great, but they really cheaped out on the vinyl tubing I ended up having to add hose clamps to secure the hose after it blew of twice and made a mess. Also the tubing seemed to be swelling up from the oil. If you buy this make sure you have some hose clamps and maybe buy some hose as well that is oil resistant.

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Read the previous reviews before I bought the pump and knew what I was buying. I followed other's advice and put hose clamps on both ends of the hose before pumping and NO LEAKS! It pumps a little slow but it sure beats holding a 5 gal bucket over a funnel into a 1 gal jug.