It's a circular chamber ..
about an inch thick and 5 inches in diameter with a paddle wheel inside ..
and two connections ..
suck in, and exit out.
and there is a crankhandle on the side, and a piston grip sorta.

you hook the suck hose to whatever you want to start the siphon from..
crank the handle a couple of spins..
when you see the stuff coming out the exit connection ...at that point I
take the hose off the suck connection and put it into whatever container
your putting the old juice into.

I'd call it a Siphon Starter/Sucker
all right ..mine is a Black & Decker Jack Rabbit Pump

similar to this one
http://tommorrowtools.com/black-decker-jack-rabbit-pump/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=27%20Jun%202011%2007:08

I doubt I paid anything like 40+ dollars for mine though. Mine is orange
plastic.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.

> ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>> I just use one of those crankhandle type syphon starter thingey's.
>> works great.
>> no mouth action needed.
>
> tell us more about this "thingey," please.  mcneely