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Re: [Shop-talk] Oil plugs, WHY?

To: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Oil plugs, WHY?
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 10:21:44 -0800
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This one is 'Four Uncles' brand (sounds Chinese, don't it?). There's a 
half-dozen or more that look identical; I picked the lowest-priced (just 
go to Amazon and search for 'oil extractor' or similar).

I'd bet money MityVac is made in China now.


On 1/4/2021 10:17 AM, Jim Franklin wrote:
> For those that care, my Ublock software flagged this link for ad 
> tracking.
>
> Can you tell me the mfg Bob? I've heard very mixed and extreme reviews 
> about MityVac :-(
>
> jim
>
>> On Jan 4, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net 
>>
>> This is from an Amazon-native search (no 'gclid').
>>
>> On 1/4/2021 9:28 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:
>>> I bought one similar to this (there's various brands/prices that all 
>>> look pretty much the same; I'd wager they're all made in the same 
>>> Chinese factory):
>>>
>>> *https://tinyurl.com/y964denv*
>>>
>>> It does the job (15L versions are available). I mainly use if for 
>>> small engines, so haven't tried the pneumatic feature yet.
>>>
>>> I haven't been impressed with MityVac products (one of their vacuum 
>>> pumps failed on me after only a couple uses).
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>


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    This one is 'Four Uncles' brand (sounds Chinese, don't it?). There's
    a half-dozen or more that look identical; I picked the lowest-priced
    (just go to Amazon and search for 'oil extractor' or similar).<br>
    <br>
    I'd bet money MityVac is made in China now.<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/4/2021 10:17 AM, Jim Franklin
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:E13C3B4E-8E08-44E6-AC8E-9395E79DCF2C@groupwbench.org">
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
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      For those that care, my Ublock software flagged this link for ad
      tracking. <br class="">
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      </div>
      <div>Can you tell me the mfg Bob? I've heard very mixed and
        extreme reviews about MityVac :-(</div>
      <div><br class="">
      </div>
      <div>jim</div>
      <div><br class="">
        <blockquote type="cite" class="">
          <div class="">On Jan 4, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Bob Spidell &lt;<a
              href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"; class=""
              moz-do-not-send="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
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            <div class=""> This is from an Amazon-native search (no
              'gclid').<br class="">
              <br class="">
              <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/4/2021 9:28 AM, Bob
                Spidell wrote:<br class="">
              </div>
              <blockquote type="cite"
                cite="mid:22e9d067-522f-c2cf-9fca-708846066f99@comcast.net"
                class="">
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                I bought one similar to this (there's various
                brands/prices that all look pretty much the same; I'd
                wager they're all made in the same Chinese factory):<br
                  class="">
                <br class="">
                <b class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    href="https://tinyurl.com/y964denv";
                    
moz-do-not-send="true">https://tinyurl.com/y964denv</a></b><br
                  class="">
                <br class="">
                It does the job (15L versions are available). I mainly
                use if for small engines, so haven't tried the pneumatic
                feature yet. <br class="">
                <br class="">
                I haven't been impressed with MityVac products (one of
                their vacuum pumps failed on me after only a couple
                uses).<br class="">
                <br class="">
                Bob<br class="">
                <br>
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