What is this please?

[Maurice Cox 1Participant @mauricecox1]

Can any one identify this pump like devise please? The main body is four inches long, and one inch in diameter. The three lugs suggest that it was mounted in some sort of panel. There is a very strong internal spring pushing up on the plunger, which is normally held down by a small catch. There is no obvious way to get to the inside. It reminds me of the pumps used to pressurise the fuel tanks on early cars. I don't want to bin it in case it can be of use to someone.

Mauricee

[Maurice Cox 1Participant @mauricecox1]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Some form of oil pump judging by the fact they made oilers for guns see Grace's Guide

ESS Oiler will get you a few hits on google

Edited By JasonB on 28/07/2016 20:09:45

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Bit more digging and its a motorcycle oil pump by the looks of things

Better still see the last image

Edited By JasonB on 28/07/2016 20:24:06

[Maurice Cox 1Participant @mauricecox1]

Thank you so much Jason; that looks exactly like it. Saved from the scrap bin!

Regards Maurice

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

In use, the pump sat in the top of the tank between your knees*. The plunger was spring loaded upwards, and was pushed down by the rider every few miles and certainly at the bottom of a hill. There was a drip regulator and perhaps a glass bowl on the outlet right-angle, and the little catch was to hold the plunger down when you parked outside the bakers so that the assistant could get flour on your undergarments again.

In your dreams

*PS, fortunately the effect of the brakes was to produce a faint rubbing noise, nothing else. This was fortunate because of the position of the plunger in relation to aforementioned garments.

Tim

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