Grease Can Education

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Minnesota on Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - 09:35 pm:

A friend gave me this old can of grease from his fathers garage. I opened it up on the bench and thought what the h----? I thought about it for a while and then I saw the grease cups laying on the bench right next to the can. I put the grease cup over the hole and pushed down. Instant and neatly filled cup! Am I right or wrong? Were these common applicators?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - 09:56 pm:

I want one of those inserts :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ted Dumas on Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - 11:07 pm:

If this grease is a fiber type grease, it is not water resistant. Modern grease is much improved over earlier greases. You might try mixing the grease with water, if it turns to soap then pitch it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Borland. Bathurst. NSW. Australia. on Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - 11:50 pm:

G'day,
That is part of a hand operated grease gun, as the grease is used it is pulled down to keep the line primed with grease.

Peter


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 12:07 am:

I am amazed at the the simple innovative things that people made to make life simple.

Today you have to get a duper deluxe grease cup filler with an electrically controlled pneumatic feeder.
Of course you'll have to purchase expensive calibrated grease to make sure you got the correct amount each time. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 12:32 am:

If you unscrew the hose end of your grease gun and put the empty grease gun down into the hole in the plate in the bucket you can refill your grease gun by pulling the handle as you push down the plate with the body of the grease gun.
I have done it many times.
I remember filling grease guns many times before I knew they had those round cartridges, in the late forties and mid fifties.
The diaphram in the grease gun was double so it could pull grease in as well as push it toward the pump end of the grease gun.
The newer grease guns that are made for the round paper cartridges may not work that way like the old ones did.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Matthew David Maiers on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 12:37 am:

much of the old grease is just really really thick oil, it doesnt have the high pressure resistance newer greases have,but its good stuff if used in the right applications.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 02:35 am:

So as to Lances query, it works like you found, but was intended for filling the tube body of a standard spring loaded plunger type grease gun. Makes little sense to unscrew the whole grease cup just to fill it. Most of the cups on Lizzy are the smaller size anyway.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith g barrier on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 07:39 am:

You mean they put grease in cartridges? Law, what will they think of next! KB


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 08:37 am:

Sure looks like what you see in a modern grease gun set-up. Much smaller of course. Lance: is that the smaller size cap you filled or the large? Obviously if the smaller falls through she's a-no for dat dere.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jem Bowkett on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 09:46 am:

We must be behind the times here in Britain, all our grease cans have this do-dad for filling your grease gun.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Minnesota on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 01:35 pm:

I went to the shop to look into this some more. It will not handle the smaller cups like the T uses. After looking at the can better, I could see the label said "For Suk Gun"! Since the can is only a pint can, I guess it was filling the smaller guns. I guess I will go back to using a putty knife to fill my grease cups.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 06:34 pm:

I use Popsicle sticks.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 06:51 pm:

A 1/8" npt pipe tap goes into the body with no drilling. Done about 8 of them. Screw in a close 1/8" zerk and the cap goes right over it. Yer done.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Minnesota on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - 06:53 pm:

Wayne, do you get the ones with the clever riddles on the stick? I think they are the Popsicle brand. I never get them right :-(


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