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Hi Dug. First off welcome. Its YOUR pump to do what you want. And these are just my thoughts when I look at that pump you have. To me looks good to me the way it is. I've kinda noticed for most guys that get into this hobby for awhile, as found condition (as long as its not toasted) is more desirable. If you strip it and make it look brand new, it will not be the same pump you admired for years. Not the same feeling when you look at it. You really cant recreate that look. Personally I would clean the decal a little better and proudly display it out of the severe weather. There are tons of Wayne pumps already restored/destroyed and really ,i feel less in original shape. Like Dick says, haste makes waste. Either way, welcome and enjoy that nice pump.
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I second that.Clean it up and remove it from the weather. If you break that cylinder, you will kick yourself in the a** until your boots wear our and the sound of that glass breaking is one that you will never forget...like a loud "tink" sound. Be forewarned and good luck. Dave
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I had been giving that some thought, mostly because I don't want to screw up a good thing. I sure appreciate all points of view on this subject. I am still wondering what to tell the insurance lady what it is worth for insurance purposes. Jack's book tells me $1200. Does that sound right?
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$1200 when your wanting to buy, $1800-2400 IF a Quake/Fire/Theft Destroys it beyond Repairing.
IF you feel the NEED to restore one, find one in Worse condition w/o Family Ties. Leaving this one as is, you will ALWAYS have FOND MEMORIES EVERY TIME YOU look at it.
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Dug, welcome to Oldgas. Good to see another "Wet Side Collector" on Oldgas!
You have received a lot of excellent advise and everyone has been polite.... You've hit the "Jackpot".... LOL
As db has said, If the pump were mine... I would clean it up some; but leave a "restoration" to another pump.... This one has "Family memories and history" that can't be duplicated....
No matter what you decide, We all hope you will share photos of it once you have it looking the way you want..... ( we all like photos, so if you take photos as you progress with the direction you are going... We will enjoy seeing them also)
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Dick and Bob,
Thank you so much for the advice. I am going back and forth on leaving it or restoring it. Kevin Frith gave me a ton of information on how to proceed if I decide to take it apart further, so I feel comfortable if I go that way. I think I will take a little longer to make the decision. Thanks again.
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I spoke with my cousin about this issue. She stated that my uncle had always talked about "fixing up that old pump like new" but never got around to it. I guess that clinches it for me. I am going to restore it as a memorial. Thanks for all the advice and support.
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Based on the reasons you have stated, you have made a good choice. If you had come to the opposite conclusion that you were going to leave it as is as a reminder of your uncle I would have said you made a good choice as well.
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I am beginning the process of taking things apart. Here is a picture of the pump after taking off the top, lid, and cylinder.
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Here is a picture of the cylinder. I haven't tried to clean it up yet. Any suggestions?
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Here is a picture of the lid with numbers attached. Just leave them as is, or do they clean up?
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Sorry, It's AIR OPERATED, Not Electric.
Ball lever regulates the open/close Air valve.
2 Brass cylinders are Suction chambers [1 up & 1 down w/ back & forth motion of pump handle]. They have check flaps to allow passing thru liquid on down stroke, close on up stroke to pull more liquid & push what it just passed thru up into glass cylinder.
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Well that explains a complete lack of electrical wiring outside of the light on the top. Thanks Dick.
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I also found this tag tied off to the pump. I am guessing it was a service tag of some sort. No date that I can see just says Texas Oil Co. Colfax Washington. Colfax is where my Uncle lived and where this pump sat.
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