Installation of a manual water pump

[oli 80]

hello, once during excavations in the forest, someone of my family found all kinds of objects dating from the 2nd war, old bullets, in a bunker they found an old manual fire pump, it looks like little close to the models of the videos just above, except this one was made in a dark gray metal, it worked perfectly well, to use in a bucket or with a suction pipe, but the problem I no longer have because it is fell on the ground and it broke in 3, the metal was fragile like glass, there was even a small hole I wanted to plug it with tin but by heating with the lamp soldered the hole has grown , even with a simple lighter you would melt this metal

here is another type of manual pump that we still find here and the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW2yFO2I ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0nomUnaSk

here is a photo of one of these flywheel pumps http://www.saint-pons-la-calm.fr/patrim ... d_font.htm

Hello, about this manual pump from World War II in gray metal, I now know the name of this metal in which we also made reichmark coins
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak

[Alain G]

Hi Oli!

It is the famous aluminum alloy which I succeeded in welding with Tig with so much difficulty!

Thank you for putting a name on this metal which melts at 400 C!

[oli 80]

good evening, it amazes me that there is still a leather seal on this type of pump, if you buy a pump of this type nowadays, the seal is rubber, if it is possible to find seals for these pumps you can replace it, otherwise you can make a seal by cutting an old air chamber, it may be the case,

This is precisely the question I ask myself for my pump (relatively recent <10 years). There is no more seal at the level of the piston, and therefore it does not rise any more water. The problem is, I couldn't find any trace of the gasket other than a mark that looked like leather material.

I tried to put in rubber seal: it does not slip on the interior wall of the pump (in cast iron) and therefore tears off immediately.

I can't find a joint and I don't even know what shape and size it should have. In addition I have neither the brand nor the model of the pump (no inscription on the pump and I only have a receipt of the time ...).

So if someone could guide me, either to redo a joint, or to find a supplier of spare parts (this exists, a friend found some for his pump identical to mine, but his store does not have any more and n 'will have more ...).

I would still like not to have to change the whole pump

Thank you in advance.

Patrice

Good evening, here is a site with leather seals for manual pump
http://www.achat-langres.com/ray843-Pom ... ulture.htm

[celine13000]

Hello, I wanted to know how much this manual production could return and if level of efficiency it was the same as a purchase pump? Being under construction, small savings are always welcome ...

[oli 80]

Good evening and happy new year, why always fixed manual pumps, why not portable models here http://www.slide-n-pump.com/

they can be used anywhere

[oli 80]

Good evening, here is a good site to repair your hand pump
http://www.systemed.fr/conseils-bricola ... s,733.html

everything is explained