Performance Tool W54232 Lever-Action Bucket Pump for 5 Gallon Pails, Black

Found pump was well made and worked well. If ever I need another pump this would be my choice

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.

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.

If you move the 5 gal bucket of potentially toxic liquid, then it spills out all over the place. Completely annoying and dangerous. This product should come with a large circular rubber seal to keep any liquids inside the 5 gallon bucket. Quality is there. Pump works well. Buy yourself a seal and you'll be fine.

Do the job to fill a transmission

Works well on 5 gallon bucket to transfer hydraulic fluid without mess