Filling a grease gun
07-03-2004, 11:31 AM
#41
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Re: Filling a grease gun
DougW wrote:
>
> Mike Romain did pass the time by typing:
>
> > 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.
>
> And be real careful not to knock the T handle out of the little notch
> till you get the top back on. Trust me. :)
>
> --
> DougW
LOL!
I will double that!!!
I did mention the 'sproing' factor in another post...
Oh boy does is sproing good...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Mike Romain did pass the time by typing:
>
> > 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.
>
> And be real careful not to knock the T handle out of the little notch
> till you get the top back on. Trust me. :)
>
> --
> DougW
LOL!
I will double that!!!
I did mention the 'sproing' factor in another post...
Oh boy does is sproing good...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004, 02:28 PM
#42
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Re: Filling a grease gun
Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
07-03-2004, 02:28 PM
#43
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Re: Filling a grease gun
Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
07-03-2004, 02:28 PM
#44
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
07-03-2004, 02:28 PM
#45
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
kidding!
didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> 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
07-03-2004, 03:07 PM
#46
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
LOL!
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
07-03-2004, 03:07 PM
#47
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
LOL!
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
07-03-2004, 03:07 PM
#48
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
LOL!
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
07-03-2004, 03:07 PM
#49
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Filling a grease gun
LOL!
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
I am just very familiar with the things and have learned the tricks over
the years or cursed at enough of them while hand filling them to figure
out all the damn things I have run into will take a tube if you do it
the right way!
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Wow...such detail!! You don't have a "grease gun" fetish do ya Mike? ;)
> kidding!
>
> didn't you say you were going wheeling with a buddy? How'd it go? pics?
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6C706.F37B48BC@sympatico.ca...
> > 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
07-03-2004, 03:54 PM
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Re: Filling a grease gun
As one that has done that, mine is safely clamped in a vise.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> LOL!
>
> I will double that!!!
>
> I did mention the 'sproing' factor in another post...
>
> Oh boy does is sproing good...
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> LOL!
>
> I will double that!!!
>
> I did mention the 'sproing' factor in another post...
>
> Oh boy does is sproing good...
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's