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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On 05/02/2015 1:11 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:36:21 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/4/2015 6:51 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I suppose you could stand the tub in a bucket of water That was supposed to be "stand the pump in a tub or bucket of water." Like Andrew said, there is a gasket at the bottom of the pump barrel, and that is long gone -- probably lost when I disassembled the pump at the beginning of the pump project, so I created a replacement from some gasket material that I had hanging around. That improved matters a bit. My wife is haranguing me for wasting time and money resurrecting some old pump that wasn't needed in the first place. I have two other pumps, one of which is another old Silca that works great. I've replaced the gauge on that one and a leather washer or two. My first line pump is a cheap Performance Hurricane that lives in the garage and works like a champ. I don't know how I accumulated so many pumps. I also have a whole bunch of vacuum cleaners, but I inherited some of those. Your wife sounds like an intelligent woman. g I have two floor pumps. One that I use and one that my kid leaves lying in the driveway when he's finished with it. |
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On 2/5/2015 8:44 AM, Duane wrote:
On 05/02/2015 1:11 AM, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:36:21 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/4/2015 6:51 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I suppose you could stand the tub in a bucket of water That was supposed to be "stand the pump in a tub or bucket of water." Like Andrew said, there is a gasket at the bottom of the pump barrel, and that is long gone -- probably lost when I disassembled the pump at the beginning of the pump project, so I created a replacement from some gasket material that I had hanging around. That improved matters a bit. My wife is haranguing me for wasting time and money resurrecting some old pump that wasn't needed in the first place. I have two other pumps, one of which is another old Silca that works great. I've replaced the gauge on that one and a leather washer or two. My first line pump is a cheap Performance Hurricane that lives in the garage and works like a champ. I don't know how I accumulated so many pumps. I also have a whole bunch of vacuum cleaners, but I inherited some of those. Your wife sounds like an intelligent woman. g I have two floor pumps. One that I use and one that my kid leaves lying in the driveway when he's finished with it. I've only owned one. The first time I saw a Silca Pista late in 1973, I bought one, still use it regularly at my house as did a series of tenants over many years. Should have waited. The first series is infamous for a shorter plunger shaft so the inattentive user gets fingers pinched under the handle. ouch. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 1:11:57 AM UTC-5, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:36:21 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/4/2015 6:51 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I suppose you could stand the tub in a bucket of water That was supposed to be "stand the pump in a tub or bucket of water." Like Andrew said, there is a gasket at the bottom of the pump barrel, and that is long gone -- probably lost when I disassembled the pump at the beginning of the pump project, so I created a replacement from some gasket material that I had hanging around. That improved matters a bit. My wife is haranguing me for wasting time and money resurrecting some old pump that wasn't needed in the first place. I have two other pumps, one of which is another old Silca that works great. I've replaced the gauge on that one and a leather washer or two. My first line pump is a cheap Performance Hurricane that lives in the garage and works like a champ. I don't know how I accumulated so many pumps. I also have a whole bunch of vacuum cleaners, but I inherited some of those. -- Jay Beattie. Kisshaver ? really JB this is seamy. is Kisshaver riding a bicycle ? in the Eastern Area ? |
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 08:13:44 -0600, AMuzi wrote:
On my own very old Silca there's a spot of yellow paint on the cover at 110psi. I just pump until the needle is at the dot because I can't read the fuzzy little numbers any more. I think they were bigger when I was young... My fairly-new Joe Blow has a movable ring with a red arrow to point at the target pressure. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On 2/5/2015 9:50 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 08:13:44 -0600, AMuzi wrote: On my own very old Silca there's a spot of yellow paint on the cover at 110psi. I just pump until the needle is at the dot because I can't read the fuzzy little numbers any more. I think they were bigger when I was young... My fairly-new Joe Blow has a movable ring with a red arrow to point at the target pressure. My ancient Nashbar pump has a crayon mark I applied. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
instrument panel plexi sports a 'D' on the Battery Hi-Low Meter carefully secured following a full measured charge so when sighted over the gearshift lever next to steering wheel needle to that WHITE 3M #33 VINYL ELECTRICAL TAPE
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On 2015-02-05, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/5/2015 8:44 AM, Duane wrote: On 05/02/2015 1:11 AM, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:36:21 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/4/2015 6:51 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I suppose you could stand the tub in a bucket of water That was supposed to be "stand the pump in a tub or bucket of water." Like Andrew said, there is a gasket at the bottom of the pump barrel, and that is long gone -- probably lost when I disassembled the pump at the beginning of the pump project, so I created a replacement from some gasket material that I had hanging around. That improved matters a bit. My wife is haranguing me for wasting time and money resurrecting some old pump that wasn't needed in the first place. I have two other pumps, one of which is another old Silca that works great. I've replaced the gauge on that one and a leather washer or two. My first line pump is a cheap Performance Hurricane that lives in the garage and works like a champ. I don't know how I accumulated so many pumps. I also have a whole bunch of vacuum cleaners, but I inherited some of those. Your wife sounds like an intelligent woman. g I have two floor pumps. One that I use and one that my kid leaves lying in the driveway when he's finished with it. I've only owned one. The first time I saw a Silca Pista late in 1973, I bought one, still use it regularly at my house as did a series of tenants over many years. Should have waited. The first series is infamous for a shorter plunger shaft so the inattentive user gets fingers pinched under the handle. ouch. Well, as a reward for waiting 42 years, you could get one of the new Silca pumps... http://silca.cc/products/silca-super...ate-floor-pump -- Gregory S. Sutter Mostly Harmless http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ |
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Paging Andrew: Silca Floor Pump Parts -- Now Gauge Q
On 2/10/2015 8:18 PM, Gregory Sutter wrote:
On 2015-02-05, AMuzi wrote: On 2/5/2015 8:44 AM, Duane wrote: On 05/02/2015 1:11 AM, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:36:21 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/4/2015 6:51 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I suppose you could stand the tub in a bucket of water That was supposed to be "stand the pump in a tub or bucket of water." Like Andrew said, there is a gasket at the bottom of the pump barrel, and that is long gone -- probably lost when I disassembled the pump at the beginning of the pump project, so I created a replacement from some gasket material that I had hanging around. That improved matters a bit. My wife is haranguing me for wasting time and money resurrecting some old pump that wasn't needed in the first place. I have two other pumps, one of which is another old Silca that works great. I've replaced the gauge on that one and a leather washer or two. My first line pump is a cheap Performance Hurricane that lives in the garage and works like a champ. I don't know how I accumulated so many pumps. I also have a whole bunch of vacuum cleaners, but I inherited some of those. Your wife sounds like an intelligent woman. g I have two floor pumps. One that I use and one that my kid leaves lying in the driveway when he's finished with it. I've only owned one. The first time I saw a Silca Pista late in 1973, I bought one, still use it regularly at my house as did a series of tenants over many years. Should have waited. The first series is infamous for a shorter plunger shaft so the inattentive user gets fingers pinched under the handle. ouch. Well, as a reward for waiting 42 years, you could get one of the new Silca pumps... http://silca.cc/products/silca-super...ate-floor-pump Nah, mine still works. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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