Filling a grease gun
07-03-2004, 08:44 AM
#21
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Re: Filling a grease gun
Well it's been determined you have the older or maybe a "HEAVY DUTY" style.
You can also fill it by slightly loosening the pump end to let air in. Then
pull the plunger out and put it in the "cocked" position. Completly unscrew the
pump end. Insert barrel end into 5 gallon can of grease then uncock and let it
slowly release. Insert end into grease and slowly pull plunger out and ---- it.
Then partially screw pump end on and uncock the plunger and let the air out.
Tighten pump end. Or get one that takes cartridges. What you have is for a high
volume application.
Joe
"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2kmrb8F44quaU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
You can also fill it by slightly loosening the pump end to let air in. Then
pull the plunger out and put it in the "cocked" position. Completly unscrew the
pump end. Insert barrel end into 5 gallon can of grease then uncock and let it
slowly release. Insert end into grease and slowly pull plunger out and ---- it.
Then partially screw pump end on and uncock the plunger and let the air out.
Tighten pump end. Or get one that takes cartridges. What you have is for a high
volume application.
Joe
"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:2kmrb8F44quaU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
07-03-2004, 10:47 AM
#22
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Re: Filling a grease gun
My grease gun opens at both ends.
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
07-03-2004, 10:47 AM
#23
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Re: Filling a grease gun
My grease gun opens at both ends.
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
07-03-2004, 10:47 AM
#24
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Re: Filling a grease gun
My grease gun opens at both ends.
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
07-03-2004, 10:47 AM
#25
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Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
My grease gun opens at both ends.
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
The cardboard tube of grease comes with a pull top on one end and a
plastic cap on the other open end.
The cap comes off the cardboard tube and it slides in the gun then you
pop the pull top tab.
Now before you start all this and open the gun, you need to pull the
plunger's T handle all the way out against the spring and when there tip
it sideways and turn it. The rod will lock in the full open position.
If you notice, the hole the rod goes through is actually slotted to one
side.
This gives you a metal screw cap with the rod sticking out and plunger
right there at the top all spring loaded ready to go.
You then open the squeeze handle end, pop off the plastic cap on the
tube slide the card board tube in and pop the pull tab and screw the
handle end back on.
This leaves the gun with a grease tube in it, cardboard end down toward
the plunger and open so you can now carefully screw the plunder end into
the open cardboard tube. Watch when you turn the sucker, the handle has
to be held sideways as it rotates as you screw the cap on or it will
sproing open.
You also can just open the squeeze handle end of the tube, stick it into
a grease barrel and pull on the T handle filling the tube. Once again
when the handle is all the way out, it tips sideways and locks there so
you can put the handle back on.
In both cases there is a fitting on the handle end to let air out if
needed.
Or some have a zerk on them so you can use another grease gun to fill
it, but that kinda seems silly eh? You still gotta fill the 'other'
gun....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
07-03-2004, 11:01 AM
#26
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Re: Filling a grease gun
L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
07-03-2004, 11:01 AM
#27
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Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
07-03-2004, 11:01 AM
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Re: Filling a grease gun
L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
07-03-2004, 11:01 AM
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Re: Filling a grease gun
L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
> The zerk was the way we filled, the overhang reels would fill it
> about ten seconds. I used to buy the whole twenty gallon barrel for the
> price of today's refill.
http://www.benfordfueling.com/shop/grease_guns.html
has some pics.
> William Oliveri wrote:
>>
>> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
>> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
>> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
>> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
>> right, does it?
no, that doesn't sound right. Some of those guns could use tubes and bulk.
I forget if you used bulk there might have been a steel tube that got left
in the gun or a different plunger seal. Mine won't take tubes so it just gets
filled with a good all purpose grease.
Might see if your gun is in one of these service books.
http://www.ajfittings.com/service_department.htm
--
DougW
07-03-2004, 11:20 AM
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Re: Filling a grease gun
Once the piston is up against the grease, the T handle and rod are free
to move all the way in.
Pumping the T handle in and out also is one way to force air out to the
end for bleeding or just to get the gun to pump more volume.
The pumping volume drops if there is any air in there.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
> right, does it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> > :)
> >
> > That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> > can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> > Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> > where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
> >
> > Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> > outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> > tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> > in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
> >
> > On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> > quite some time.
> >
> > --
> > DougW
> >
> >
to move all the way in.
Pumping the T handle in and out also is one way to force air out to the
end for bleeding or just to get the gun to pump more volume.
The pumping volume drops if there is any air in there.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
> it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
> bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
> come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
> right, does it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> > :)
> >
> > That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> > can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> > Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> > where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
> >
> > Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> > outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> > tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> > in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
> >
> > On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> > quite some time.
> >
> > --
> > DougW
> >
> >