Affordable Transmission Flusher FARM HOME Cars 29-3-39 A Drake, N. Dak. man has invented a transmission flusher that he says is affordable for do-it-yourselfers. Dean R. Kolschefski, says commercial transmission flushers sell for $3,500 or more and have a lot of extra bells and whistles. His unit, however, requires no electricity and therefore no pumps and motors. "It's very compact and simple. It weighs only about 40 lbs. and rides on a 3-wheeled cart. I think it could be marketed for $300 to $400," says Kolschefski. The unit has clear acrylic tubes that allow the operator to see the oil being exchanged. "It's kind of impressive. You can see the old black oil coming out and the new red oil going in," he says. "You fill the flusher with new oil manually, then when you're ready to remove the old stuff from your vehicle, you hook up to the vehicle's transmission and remove one line from the transmission. Once you've connected the two lines from the transmission flusher, you start the vehicle up and the vehicle does all the work. The flusher intercepts the old oil, which pushes a piston up, and forces new oil back in its place." Once the vehicle's oil has been replaced, Kolschefski hooks his flusher up to an air hose to remove the used oil. This process takes only about five minutes and then it's ready for the next job. Kolschefski has used the transmission flusher on his own vehicles, as well as a few dozen times for other people, and says it has worked well. "So far I've only used it myself, but I would be interested in producing and marketing my flusher, or even the idea," he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dean R. Kolschefski, 2411 û 8th Ave. NE, Drake, N. Dak. 58736 (ph 701 626-7492).

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