On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:35:37 -0800 (PST), John J wrote:

I had nothing with me to purge the pipe so resorted to borrowing a bicycle pump which had a tapered adapter the would jam into the end of the oil pipe. I held it in while the farm owner pumped like mad.

The mark of a true professional -- an amateur would have pumped themselves. Even
better would have been to go "check on the bubbles" in the tank and have a third
person get oil all over their hands:-)


Thomas Prufer