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Old 10-08-2007, 06:00 AM
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"Antique" fuel pump?

Saturday, while weed-whacking on an embankment below my house, I unearthed an automotive-type mechanical fuel pump with a glass bowl. Anyone have an idea how long it has been when such a thing was commonly used in the auto industry? I'm curious about its age (guessing 1950s-early 60s). Thanks.

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Old 10-08-2007, 06:14 AM
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With a glass bowl?
I'd guess it dates back to the 30's early 40's. By the 50's they were in thier final places on the engines, cam driven & on the lower side of the engine. Also by then, they were all metal.
A pic would be helpful, I could likely I.D. it.
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Old 10-08-2007, 06:54 AM
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Thick glass bowl, clear and intact. It was the glint of glass in the dirt that caught my eye.

Just last weekend, in my gravel driveway, I found a sturdy badge (probably brass) from a letter carriers' convention: "Centennial Jubilee 1839-1939."

Picture? Well, I'd have to get the film developed. No, really. I want to know how old this thing is because I like to collect stuff that's been around longer than I have. This is becoming increasingly difficult.

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I have a 79 new holland tractor and an 87 cub cadet tractor with glass bowls in the fuel lines. I don't think they have fuel pumps though.
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It occurred to me that this could come have come from something other than an automobile. Definitely a cam-driven fuel pump, though.

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It occurred to me that this could come have come from something other than an automobile. Definitely a cam-driven fuel pump, though.

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geez and i thought MY yard needed cleaning!!!
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With a glass bowl?
I'd guess it dates back to the 30's early 40's. By the 50's they were in thier final places on the engines, cam driven & on the lower side of the engine. Also by then, they were all metal.
A pic would be helpful, I could likely I.D. it.
Spot on.

In particular, many British cars had a cam operated fuel pump incorporating a filter with an easily removed glass bowl, so that collected debris was visible.

These sensible designs also usually also incorporated a hand lever, to facilitate priming the carburetor, as well as testing for fuel flow.
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geez and i thought MY yard needed cleaning!!!
This house dates from the 1930s, near as I can tell. In those days, in rural Appalachia, absent municipal trash collection, folks just tossed things like cast-off car parts down the bank into the weeds. Ideally, that is. I dug up the remains of a Purolator oil filter when I erected my mailbox.

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In particular, many British cars had a cam operated fuel pump incorporating a filter with an easily removed glass bowl, so that collected debris was visible.
I noticed there appeared to be a cylindrical, screen filter of sorts inside the bowl.

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No, really. I want to know how old this thing is because I like to collect stuff that's been around longer than I have. This is becoming increasingly difficult.

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I like it!

You are probably being a little too hard on yourself here.

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geez and i thought MY yard needed cleaning!!!
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lemme know if u find a 4eat layin 'round.......




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I know a girl that rented a 'suburban' house. When her brother cut the grass and weeds, he found a 1054 Ford Station wagon!
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Thick glass bowl, clear and intact. It was the glint of glass in the dirt that caught my eye.

Just last weekend, in my gravel driveway, I found a sturdy badge (probably brass) from a letter carriers' convention: "Centennial Jubilee 1839-1939."

Picture? Well, I'd have to get the film developed. No, really. I want to know how old this thing is because I like to collect stuff that's been around longer than I have. This is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Other than tractors, the last thing that I knew of that had glass sediment bowls was in the late 50's.
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I know a girl that rented a 'suburban' house. When her brother cut the grass and weeds, he found a 1054 Ford Station wagon!

Hey, Jerry - Just proves them pre-crusade models were built to last.

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I know a girl that rented a 'suburban' house. When her brother cut the grass and weeds, he found a 1054 Ford Station wagon!

How many horses does that thing have?

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