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Can someone post a few photos of a complete Model J? I believe I looked at one on Saturday afternoon. There was no ID plate on it. It had drain back in lower cast piece, no shut off valve handle (wet hose), and a small hook like steel piece at the base of the tank base plate that I assume was used to hang the nozzle. It had a hinged bonnet. There was not hinged access door at the top of the stove pipe skin.

Only the "F" had a hinged door in upper body.


None have a "Hinged Top", but do have a 2 piece coupling on conduit just above the Bonnet.

When was it made in the sequence of Models F, J, H, K, K-1?

Thank you Dick for providing the past info from Lsac. I overlooked the info when I conducted a search.

I must have looked at a Model J with a model H bonnet because it had lights protruding out of the bonnet and hanging over the side, but none of the other characteristics of a Model H.

I did not see an on/off switch for the lights, must have been illuminated by plugging in a cord at the base.

Approx. 1924-1927. VERY Few visible pumps had any type of light switch, safer to have that inside station.

It's Easier for us to ID a Make & Model, if you & anyone else to post Pictures of any pump in question. WE will notice differences that might escape you [like a kid in candy store w/ a nickle, your looking/wanting the pump & Can't even remember to take Pictures!].

The current owner posted several photos on May 10th; here are a few more. I apologize for the quality; best I had. I believe it should have three sets of gallon markers as two sets don't look symmetrical.

The oval placard is a Texaco tin sign that was affixed to the pump. There are no ID tags, Rush or UL.

I have a good picture of a Rush model J. It doesn't have lights hanging over the top side and it only has two sets of gallon markers. I have noticed that some Rush pumps that I have had in the past did have additional holes in the castings allowing for 3 sets of markers. The model K has three gallon markers.
My Rush H has lights hanging over the side with two sets of gallon markers. It would have been very easy for someone to have switched tops from an H to a J. Four bolts in the top, one in the conduit and some additional wiring.
The ID tage you want is the one that looks like a comet going across the sky. The H and I have the ID tag with block letters. Models J&K have the comet type. Ron Scobie has both types.
Rush started making pumps in Portland Indiana in 1927 before moving to Lafayette, IN.
The model F was made in Portland and the J was made in Lafayette. My best quess is the H&I were made in 1928 & 1929 using the older type of ID tag and the J&K were made next using the newer looking ID tag. The comet style ID tag was used from that time on. All Rush computer pumps and clockfaces that I have seen have the comet style of ID tag.
Lynn

I made a mystake in my last post. I was looking through my photos and noticed the ID tag for the Rush model I had the comet style and not the block letters. Sorry about that!

Thank you for sharing the information.
The Model J would have been a 1930s vintage pump?
On the Model J, did the nozzle hang from an "L" shaped piece of steel that was screwed into the cast iron tank base plate; 2" long with a 3/4" long 90 degree bend on the end?
I would appreciate it if you could post photos of a Model J.

I don't remember any of my Stovepipe Rush pumps having a Factory nozzle hook EXCEPT the one w/ drain back/nozzle lockup.

Most pump companies continued to make past models along side of current models [Wayne continued to make the 628 [looks like a 615] Visible until approx. 1947].

Scrap value of Brass is the reason the most missing item on all pumps is the Brass ID Tags & Brass Nozzles.

I'm sure that during the Depression you could get any pump Your Way. Thousands upon Thousands of companies went Belly-up & disappeared.