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    Well I finally got around to looking closely at, and cleaning my $8 Rega oil can and I discovered that the plastic filler bung was quite sloppy in the can.

    So much so, that on full tilt it could disgrace itself.

    So here's a tip on how to make it tight again.

    I pushed a largish tapered metal punch into the end to spread it slightly, held it vertically with multi-grips with the bung on the top, and then heated the punch with my LPG gun very carefully.

    Every 5 seconds or so I felt the top of the bung with my hand and when it felt warm I dropped the lot in a container of water - see photo.

    Worked like a charm, and it's now a perfect, tight fit - just like new.

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by TED C View Post
    NEARNEXUS,

    I could not agree more about rega oil cans, especially regarding ball oilers, but you must get one of the engineers style [lower with a long neck].
    You mean like this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anorak Bob View Post
    It will be interesting to hear your comments about the Pressol's performance Ewan. Maybe the oil weepage, a feature of my cans, has been addressed.

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    I hate to say it Bob, but i do have some weep. Not from around the top like yours though, it seems to be from the seal on the thread where the top screws into the can. The o ring is intact and its tight, but the o ring is very "skinny", i might try a larger one. Still a lot nicer to use and MUCH less leakage than the el cheapo's though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    I hate to say it Bob, but i do have some weep. Not from around the top like yours though, it seems to be from the seal on the thread where the top screws into the can. The o ring is intact and its tight, but the o ring is very "skinny", i might try a larger one. Still a lot nicer to use and MUCH less leakage than the el cheapo's though.
    Yeah, we shouldn't beat ourselves up about a few minor oil leaks. My machines leak oil. I squirt oil into the 13's nipples and it leaks down out of the ways and all over the body of the thing. The Hercus has a pond under the headstock. I told GQ to be careful when he starts using his Swiss Essa pump oiler. I had been thinking I needed to pump vigorously with the Wanner, as I did with the Alemite oiler. I found out yesterday that the Swiss make effective oilers. I turned the mill on and everything was showered in Mobil DTE. Like a flaming garden sprinkler.

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    Anyone pulled one of these apart? It doesn't work, and it looks like desoldering is the only way in.

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    Have you washed it all out with/pumped through - some kero ?

    Looks kinda rusty and a good soak over night with kero in it may loosen everything up.

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    I think the really old oilers ... like from pre 1950's , maybe used a leather seal inside the pump cylinder , something like the old fashioned tyre pumps did . The leather seal may have dried out or shrunk and lost the sealing effect .

    Those old tyre pumps, if you reverse the seal , so the thing is sucking on the upward stroke, they do make ideal syphoners - but you have to pour a litte oil down the cylinder first , to get the leather seal sealed . Mike

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    It's not pumping at all, as though there's simply no seal. If you hold it vertical and keep the plunger down oil will run out of the nozzle. You might be right about the leather Mike. It has to come apart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    It's not pumping at all, as though there's simply no seal. If you hold it vertical and keep the plunger down oil will run out of the nozzle. You might be right about the leather Mike. It has to come apart.
    HI Bryan,
    make sure yours is actually a pumper and not one with the 'valve' that opens when you push the plunger. We have both types at work.

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    How do I tell Phil?

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    Open the lid and have a look. You should see a bent rod leading all the way to the opening of the spout. No plunger or anything. Just a bent rod.

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    Something like this?

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    Yep, exactly that Bryan.

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    Thanks Phil. Time for some soldering practice.

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    The old Pressol arrived today.

    It has been given a clean and it works great !

    I'd say that its a close second to the Rega in the squirting distance test , but not by much

    Makes you think why the Asians cannot make a decent can . These old cans outperform the modern junk by a long way .

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