Cheri Van Keuren-Mooty
This was in a box of auction items I got. Brass and Glass. Is this a car part and any idea of value. Make offer! Sorry Brent if this is not a car part.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3542627886943&set=o.318299001565898&type =1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
i have a few of them, oilers.
Could just as easily be a machine part. Common on old machine tools. New ones of some size (500 Ml) on Ebay from England are more than 80 bucks with shipping to USA.
That's a swing top oiler as used on stationary flywheel engines.......they usually bring pretty good money.
Depending on the make they can bring a LOT of money.......
I looked at some finished auctions at eBay. Most of the brass/glass oilers sold between $10 and $40
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Farm-Machinery-Pilot-Snap-Lever-Sight-Feed-Hit-Miss-Engi ne-Oilers-2-/360478757088
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1890s-LUNKENHEIMER-7-No-4-BRASS-HIT-OR-MISS-STEAM-ENGINE -OILER-STEAMPUNK-AA-/221096736562
- but as always there are exceptions like this pair:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LUNKENHEIMER-NO-1-1-2-PURITAN-POWELL-HIT-MISS-OILERS-/22 1023591903
Guess it's the unusual cup shaped glass that makes the Lunkenheimer No. 1 1/2 more desirable?
You see oilers like that on a lot of old machinery.
There were some of those glass sections for sale at Kinzers Rough and Tumble Steam Show in Pennsylvania yesterday.
It's a spot or point-oiler. I sell ones that look just about like that all year long for about $30 or so, depending on capacity.
Lubesite is the brand we sell. They're used all over in industry.
Wow, Roger, I had no idea that Lunkenheimer made oilers and that they were worth that much! I've sold their valves over the years.
If you think Lunks bring big money you oughta see what a Powell swing top brings!
Many of the early IHC Famous engines used swing top oilers.
Good grief, Powell too? Guys, I may be sitting on a gold mine. We have boxes of ancient valves and oilers upstairs in the loft of our warehouse.
So what are you doing HERE?........
haha....you know what I'll be doing tomorrow morning when I get to work...grin...
My sister has a 1911 White G.A. with an eight spigot oiler on the dash board. You flip all of the levers before you start it up. Many early gas engines had these oilers. Even boat engines had them. Some early engines later on had oilers from printing presses and were gear driven rather than drip systems. Drip systems are constant while mechanical oilers change with the speed of the engine.
Lunkenheimer is a good company but there were many of them out there.
Our 1889 steamboaat Tinkerbelle has three small Lunkenheimer oilers on its engine as shown in the picture below. They will supply oil for about three hours of powering before they need to be re-filled.
I have a cast brass Lunkenheimer lubricator (not an oiler) for a steam engine that I'd sell if anybody needed one
There is a slight difference in the 1's used for engines and for machine shafts.The engine 1's have a check ball that keeps the compression from blowing the oil back up as it trys to drip down.