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Found a Derby decal under the phillips 66 decal today. Is in pretty good shape and it is on a few layers of thick paint so I was hoping to remove the paint layer with the decal attached and maybe put it in a frame or something. Anyone know hwo to do that?

Started gutting it yesterday. The origional owner must have stored it upside down for a while because the pumping stuff was full of water. Which of these doodads do I need to keep inside and what are some of them? I know I don't need the pump and good thing because it is rusted solid, The motor works and I am going to save that for other projects, I don't know what the gray thing is but it hooked to the bottom of the computer and the hose outlet and I also have this brown thing that has some pipes on it that used to hook into the pump at the bottom and go up into the top area and then back to the hose outlet. Nice thing is since everything had water in it there is no gas smell anymore.


Electrical Box


Draining the water from the brown thing



Other parts I removed

Not the same pump, but maybe this article will provide you with some pointers.
http://www.oldgas.com/shoptalk/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001409.html

That is exactly what I am going off of and it is a TON of help. Thanks for writting that article it is really helping me figure out what I am doing.

Doesent look like I need any of the things I pulled out of the base. Is there a special way to remove the computer or is it just the few bolts on the bottom? Also how do I redo it? I really like taking gearboxes appart and cleaning them out and getting them going again and I am tempted to do the same here but I'm not sure if I should. Also any instuctions on lubricating it?

Found this under the phillips 66 logo on the other pannel. Anyone know how to remove a decal without damaging it?


I also found this under the AVGAS 100LL sticker.

Here is the nozzle



Computer

Does anyone know how to remove the part that holds the light sockets from the inside of the top? I need to remove that so I can pull out the electrical box and so I can pull out the rest of the wiring but I can't figure out where it is screwed in at.

Took the upper half to the car wash yesterday and blasted the heck out of it and removed almost all of the dirt. I could actually see my reflection in the stainless steel top after I was done with it. I also assembled it real quick to see what it looked like put together and I think it looks nice. I am going to strip the paint down sometime and since the rust is not too bad I am just going to sand it and paint it with POR-15 and then prime and paint it. The nice thing about this is that since most of the pump is stainless and the lower pannels are porcelin coated I only really have to paint the base and the frame. I also got a computer coming in the mail soon. I think it might work but I am not sure.
Here are some pictures of the pump put together just to see what it will look like. It is no where near done yet and it still needs some parts like the window frame, ad glass, and the lower half of the face plate and maybe some new stainless steel bottom pannels. One side has some nasty dents and deep scratches in it.

Well the pics are rotated the right way on photobucket. I wonder if it takes time for it to make the change.

Since I can't find the parts that I need does anyone have the part that they might be able to trace or give me some dimensions for it so I can make my own?

Very cool pump & it looks like its coming along,I have perfect faces for your pump & a re manufactured veeder root "very clean/looks new",actually I'm pretty sure i have all the parts your looking for,sending pm !

Your electrical box might have some nasty tar-like potting material in it. It's highly toxic. People melt it out, though, at their own risk to rewire the lighting manifolds. If the wiring inside is in good shape, I would probably just use the old wiring.

Wes

Is it really that toxic? I did find that they used it to seal off the ends of the conduits and I just chipped it out and I think I got it all out. I am going to replace the wiring in there because the insulation was kind of dry and there was also a lot of water in the conduits and electrical boxes. The switch was also full of water and I think I should replace that too. Just got to figure out what kind will work for it.