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20th Oct 2012, 04:02 PM #76Most Valued Member
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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
Rob
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21st Oct 2012, 11:24 AM #77Distracted Member
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You mean like this?
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21st Oct 2012, 11:31 AM #78
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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21st Oct 2012, 12:14 PM #79.
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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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21st Oct 2012, 01:28 PM #80Distracted Member
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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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21st Oct 2012, 01:39 PM #81Most Valued Member
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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.
Rob
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21st Oct 2012, 01:53 PM #82
seal
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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21st Oct 2012, 05:37 PM #84Most Valued Member
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21st Oct 2012, 06:22 PM #85Distracted Member
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How do I tell Phil?
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21st Oct 2012, 07:00 PM #86Most Valued Member
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Rega oil cans
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.
Phil
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21st Oct 2012, 09:10 PM #87Distracted Member
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Something like this?
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21st Oct 2012, 09:27 PM #88Most Valued Member
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Rega oil cans
Yep, exactly that Bryan.
Phil
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21st Oct 2012, 10:51 PM #89Distracted Member
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Thanks Phil. Time for some soldering practice.
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25th Oct 2012, 04:33 PM #90
Pressol
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 .
Mike