Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion How to repair a cracked visible cylinder glass?

Thank you sir. I went the slow route and it took me about a year to get it to this state. I have the pump that goes at the base (real heavy by the way) and pump handle and hope to incorporate that at some point later in time.

I have broken two, of these glass cylinders and was able to buy original replacements at sales and swap meets to finish the pumps. I keep the broken ones where I can see them, just remind me to use a lot of caution when trying to remove them. I had a Fry 71 with a piece broken out the entire length of the cylnder and when I removed the rods the remaining section splindered snd sent glass every where.You just never know what to expect.

Safety glasses...always. Dave

Ideally OSHA would have you dressed like a Lunar Landing crew member, but even they don't know when or IF it will break!

If you take out one cylinder rod at a time and clean it up then put it back and tighten before removing the next one will you avoid cracking?

Worth a try, but getting same tension back on rod will be a coin toss.

They crack when they expand...temperature change, pressure/release,etc.I have taken them out in one piece and they still cracked. Dave

I've taken out 4 and haven't had one break yet.knocking wood now!

MICK....you just jinxed yourself! LOL!

That sounds like a good plan right there ! ; )