Cleaning The Harvest Right Standard Pump

[@PhyllisKindelin-e7u]

Thank you so much!

[@alittlebaker]

Thank you for sharing!

[@gardeningsimplified]

My pleasure!

[@mdzl7594]

Great job! Thanks

[@Hyldeblomstt]

Thank you so so much for sharing this!😭 I've had so much trouble with this pump at work, and i just couldn't remove the gunk from the small window no matter how many times i changed the oil..
My drill is not long enough, so I'll have to buy an extension tomorrow 🤞
I've already removed the black piece on top and it was filled with brown gunk 👍

[@PhyllisKindelin-e7u]

Thank you for answering. We appreciated the video and was able to service the pump by following your instructions. Our pump doesn’t have a mister on it. Is the sensor hard to replace? Is the sensor located in the pump?

[@gardeningsimplified]

The sensor is located on the tray holder. I don't know if they service it separately.

[@sharonkensinger3339]

Thank you! 🙏

[@gardeningsimplified]

You're welcome.

[@PhyllisKindelin-e7u]

My pump looks even older. It is a Harvest Right. Do you ever have a vacuum that reads
a minus? Like right now it is -234. This happens every batch. They all turn out fine.

[@gardeningsimplified]

I never read a minus. Your sensor may be getting bad.

[@donaldwheeler5989]

Found this video when trying to clean my standard pump. I have a bunch of 'dirt' in the window showing the level - how do I clean that out? should I clean the rest, let it run, and then dump out the oil?

[@gardeningsimplified]

I used brake cleaner from the auto parts store to clean the sight glass.

[@PhyllisKindelin-e7u]

That was mTorr readings

[@jodyrowley6959]

Do you also clean the black thing?

[@gardeningsimplified]

I don't clean it.