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#628151 Wed Sep 02 2015 07:39 AM
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Has anyone ever looked to make the pump dials spin when the gas nozzle is depressed? I'm thinking it would be fairly easy to fabricate a mount for a small motor under the dial gears. Then hide a switch incorporated into the pump nozzle, running the wiring inside the hose. Anyone ever seen this done?

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Member "KW FRITH" makes a kit exactly like you are looking for. I put one in my National A38 gas pump. J


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Originally Posted By Young's Union
Member "KW FRITH" makes a kit exactly like you are looking for. I put one in my National A38 gas pump. J


yep, Kevin has got exactly what you need

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As for the wiring & switch mechanism, if you do end up doing it with the nozzle/hose, please post pictures!


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Thanks for the replies. I'll contact KW Frith and see what he has. If I go with my own design I'll post pictures. Thanks

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Here is what the assembly looks like.

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Thank you for the pics. I was hoping to make the motor activate by pressing the nozzle handle. Is that part of what you supply or how is the motor activated. I was also thinking to run lights, motor, etc. on low voltage.

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Motor activation is completely at the discretion of the pump owner. There are so many ways to do it that I don't get into that aspect of it. I have a couple of my own wired to come on when you lift the nozzle rest. I simply use the pump linkage to activate a switch placed in the pump body.
Others have done what you mentioned and placed a switch in the nozzle handle and since a couple members had gotten shocked by accident, there was a thread describing use of a 12 volt relay to activate the setup.
That information is available in these Old Gas pages somewhere.


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