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Chris Jones

04-24-2006 10:38:58




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I"ve heard of an old gas for sale and I"m trying to figure out if it"s worth the drive to look at it. The fellow said he"s been asked if it is a Gilbarco pump but it isn"t it says it is a "Gas Man" pump. He also states it is the old wind up kind. I"m too young to know how a wind up gas pump works. He says he thinks it"s from the "50s because he remembers his dad using one.

Can someone point me to any pictures of what he"s talking about? A picture of a Gas Man pump would help but so would a pic or description on what a wind up pump is would help too.

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Chris

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jeffcat

04-26-2006 11:26:47




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 Re: Old Gas Pump in reply to Chris Jones, 04-24-2006 10:38:58  
The little round ones that screw into the top of the drum have a "vane"" pump. It works in reverse of a vacuum pump.The easy way to prime them is a little oil down the hose till it gets to the pump. Try fillin up a tractor with one of those old babys! When you watch a lot of old WWII films you see the poor slobs filling up AIRPLANES with them! Built up your mussles.
My Dad has several old gas pumps and they have very big piston pumps in them. The piston is about 8inches or 10 inches across. They also use leather seals.Biggest trouble is if the gas gets a little water in it it will freeze and bust the bottom of the cylinder. Also the old brass foot valves leak down and then you must reprime everything. Even todays pumps at your local gas crook is a vane pump. They can move a lot of volume with speed and small size. The only thing that is faster is a turbine pump. They are VERY fast. Hope this helps. Jeffcat

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Jimmy King

04-25-2006 01:13:32




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 Re: Old Gas Pump in reply to Chris Jones, 04-24-2006 10:38:58  
I would guess the pump has a small hand crank on the side that you crank and it sets the indicater back to zero.



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IA Roy

04-25-2006 00:43:52




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 Re: Old Gas Pump in reply to Chris Jones, 04-24-2006 10:38:58  
I worked for a guy in the early 70's that had one that had a glass tank that you used a rotary hand pump on the side that filled the glass tank, and then had a hose with a nozzle similar to todays hose and valve setup that let the gas our under gravity power. I am pretty sure that there was an underground tank. Memory pretty fuzzy after 33 years. The pump was in an old garage and we didn't use it much as the main tractors were diesel. I think he had an "M" and the little 60's vintage Opel Kadett's that we used to get to the fields to work in.

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noncompos

04-24-2006 22:03:02




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 Re: Old Gas Pump in reply to Chris Jones, 04-24-2006 10:38:58  
Post a request for advice on one of the forums at oldgas.com; it"s a "petroliana" (oil co., gas station stuff collectors) website...those guys live gas pumps, and they"re always helpful



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George Andreasen

04-24-2006 11:33:34




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 Re: Old Gas Pump in reply to Chris Jones, 04-24-2006 10:38:58  
Not much of a description to go on, but it sounds like one of the short (about waist high) pumps used on farms and ranches when they had their own underground tank. As a collector's item not worth a lot, but if serviceable it could be useful. By "wind up" he probably means the crank on the side to reset the gallons reading. Pretty common on all of the old pumps. If you're looking for a disply pump of some sort, ask how TALL it is. The old pumps were at least 5 feet high.

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John,PA

04-24-2006 17:54:19




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 Re: Old Gas Pump in reply to George Andreasen, 04-24-2006 11:33:34  
I am seeing more and more of those old pumps being used to display "art" , such as, monuments depicting civil war soldiers. I am wondering if these will be the "statues of the future", :O)



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