Way oil gun

[akjeff]

Very nice work!

 

[ericc]

What is wrong with those cheap looking plastic pump bottles? Do they not work on grease zerks? Do they leak, or not quite fit?

 

[ttabbal]

I have one of the little plastic pumps H&M sells. I had really old fittings on my mill, and they were clogged with grease. So I replaced them with some from the local auto parts place. The little pump doesn't seal against them. I suspect it would work fine on the stock fittings, but those are fairly expensive and I didn't feel like replacing them. The up side would be that it would be a lot easier to use, so I might get around to it one of these days.

I made a similar pump from a grease gun. Other than being a bit tricky to remove from the fitting sometimes, it works well. I went ghetto and used JB Weld to seal the cap where the plunger went through it. It works surprisingly well.

 

[akjeff]

What is wrong with those cheap looking plastic pump bottles? Do they not work on grease zerks? Do they leak, or not quite fit?

I figured I'd eventually drop it, and I doubt that the plastic would fair very well.

 

[Bluedog]

I did the same thing. I cut the pressed on cap off, threaded the tube, and made an aluminum cap.