I have some strong magnets, [if you aint careful they'll pinch the crap outta you]. I put one on the bottom of my oil filter and another on the tranny pan {right over the existing magnet} I havent checked out results by doing an oil change on the tranny yet, so I cant tell ya what results I'm getting.

Do you guys see anything I could be hurting by doing this? I figured the more shavings I'm getting out of my oils the better off I will be.

Thanks for any comments.

 

Actually, yes...I've been using small rare earth magnets from Radio Shack for years in my vehicles. Whenever I find a drain plug that's not already magnetized, I drill a recess in the end and silicone a rare earth magnet into the recess. So far no problems in about 6 years.

 

I've never heard of them before... Are they really that strong? Where else can you get them? I guess it could be good to use them. Might want to look at getting an inline tranny filter from Magnefine if you want to filter out your tranny fluid more. www.emergingenterprises.com

Or you can try a centrifugal or bypass oil filtering system for the motor oil.

 

A friend gave me a nylon band with about 12 very strong magnets in it designed to wrap around an oil filter. The magnets are so strong that when laid down on metal workbench I couldn't pull it off, had to slide it off the edge.

Have had it wrapped around the oil filters on my 2500 for several years now. Cut a filter open once and sure enough there were round deposits were each magnet had sat.
Don't know how much good it really does but figure it couldn't hurt...

All of my larger tractors have magnets stock on all of their drain plugs and they always have something on them during a drain, especially the hydraulic systems.

 

I'm starting to get more interested in this magnet ordeal... I might have to do it too if it's cheap.

 

I have put magnetic drain plugs in my last several rigs. Not sure they are as strong as the "rare earth" ones you are talking about but I figure they can't hurt. Always find a little metal on the plaug everytime I change the plug.

 

yeah, you can get neodymium magnets that are stronger than the common ceramic ones you find at a hardware store. Good idea in anything where theres ferrous metals in an oil bath. The diffs have a magnet in them from the factory I think. Unfortunately on mine there was a bunch of metal fragments

 

One place to buy Rare Earth magnets is, of all places, woodworking supply stores, such as Hartville Tool, Woodcraft, Rocklers, and the like.

www.hartvilletool.com

They are so strong that they are dangerous.

I put two large ones on my front bumper, in order to save fuel by "drafting" other trucks.

I just get close and let the magnets, and the other guy's truck, do all the work.

Also, I find all sorts of nails, screw-drivers, wrenches, etc. hanging on them.

 

You can get them off of ebay. A guy in Ft. Collins sells them all the time and he has several sizes. Even if you don't buy them it's an interesting read!

I put one in the bottom of a farm tractor fuel tank that was a gas engine. It picks up all the lose rust and keep the sediment bowl much cleaner.

 

If you have an old hard drive sitting around it'll have some powerfull magnets in it I dunno how they'd compare to these rare earth magnets =\

 

Hard drive magnets are pretty close.. they are strong.

Hub

 

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I got one about 4 x 6 inches and about 1 1/2 thick for a machine I was designing. I had it resting on my lap checking it out when the phone rang so I scooted around running my legs under the dest. BANG. The thing leaped up and grabbed the bottom of my desk drawer. Heads popped up all around the dep't wondering what the happened. had to take the drawer out to shop and get some help getting it off. It came in about a 2 foot cube box packed in the middle of some heavy foam so things couldn't stick to it. Funny thing was the caution tag was in the bottom of the box.

 

There was a band in the 60's called Rare Earth. Does that count?

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