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Do you really want to see the guts of a pump. Nothing but dead weight. Who opens the doors on a pump any ways. To see how good the restoration is on the inside. A lot of pumps when you open the doors you end up scratching the paint.

Alex's mention of eliminating the smell, he is not talking about the smell from the outside of the meter, it is the smell coming from inside the meter. Guaranteed, there is at least one gallon of the worst smelling gasoline in that meter, just waiting to drip out.

Jack Sim

I agree with the outside portion, leave them in for theft and the wind.
If's it goes inside I would take them out, they really have no purpose, and the internal LEAD content can't be good.
Post some pics with your progress.

Tore some more of it apart last night and when taking the sight globes off my hands smelt like rank a$$

Guts will be coming out even though the pump will stay inside the garage.

Will post some pics tonite of the teardown and the half a bale of straw that was placed ever so perfectly from some birds and the 35 or so bee's nests

I knew you would come around.....LOL

In all actuality, w/out guts, you are restoring a PUMP CABINET not a pump.

Good point but I like pump cabinets not pump guts!!

Keith

Its amazing some of the things that little critters can pack up into a pump because they consider it home!!
I have to remark about the old gas smell that some say smells like money! That smell might be fine to most of us collectors but my wonderful wife( "the warden") won't even allow my dirty clothes into the house when I get that stuff on me! Many times, I've had to disrobe in the entry way and throw the clothes directly into the washer, where they endure at least 2 wash cycles!!
Excellent choice to gut the thing!!

"In all actuality, w/out guts, you are restoring a PUMP CABINET not a pump."


thanx for the kick in the junk

here she is getting stripped down

Kevin, THAT WAS TOO MUCH INFO !

Tiller, You'll find out that even W/O the guts, a 36B is still a HEAVY pump to move around.
db

IF YOUR NOT PUMPING FUEL,I REALLY DO NOT SEE THE POINT ,EVERYTHING BELOW THE VEEDER ROOT I WOULD DROP,HOWEVER .......THAT 1/2" PIPE THATS RUNNING DOWN FROM YOUR LIGHT MANIFOLD ALLLLLL THE WAY TOO THE BOTTOM OF PUMP W/TWO WIRES POKING OUT JUST ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU THINK YOU CAN GRAB IT WITH NEEDLE NOSE AND THEN YOU FAIL TO DO SO !LOL.......,LEAVE THAT ALONE FOR NOW,UNTIL YOU ADDRESS YOUR ELECTRICAL ,ITS A REAL PAIN IN THE @SS TO REWIRE WITH NEW CONDUIT AND USE THAT ORIGINAL SWITCH,BUTTTTTTTTT WHEN YOUR DONE,,,,ITS A REAL SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT! GOOD LUCK!

When dealing with old items I learned to NEVER throw anything out. I'd feel disloyal to the internal parts of my CUT 83 pumps because they waited inside since 1928. So I lovingly restored them. Nobody will ever see them but I KNOW they are in there!!

NICE JOB on pump mech. Will the sheet metal have an acyrlic window panel so you can see the restored pump mech.?

Tis a bit different w/ a visible or hand operated pump, you need it to hold the pump handle.
IF it had been electric operated, there is really no need to save the pump & motor. Be glad that Air Operated pumps used air from compressor located inside/outside the station [250-500# compressors].

Dick, It's not a question of need. I admit only a fanatic polishes the brass cylinders (seen on the "restored" picture beneath the original view in the post) that are never seen!
On the other hand, we live in earthquake country and more lower mass is helpful during those "minor" shakes. For the BIG ONE I've attached the pumps to lag bolts in the wall studs via steel cables.

Beleive it or not, there are idiots out there
that restore those old computers.