Was helping my friend clean out his grandfathers garage. Found this oil can and this cardboard circular can of cottrr pins. I am already using the oil can on some hinges in the house and around the shed.
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LOL!
I have another old metal box that folds open with tons of odd sizes of zerk fittings. Just have to find where I put it
In the good old days when you did a lube job you need those cotter pins after re-greasing the front wheel bearings. Then you looked at the chart to make sure you got all the zerk fittings after checking the diff and the transmission fluids. Then it was time to lower the car to the ground, open the hood and finish the lube job making sure that if the bell rang you went out to the fuel pumps to take care of a customer that need gas, windshield clean, fluids checked and finally the tire pressures.
Yup, best job for a qualified teenager, working a lube room with the old man keeping an eye on things (and you
)... Wish we still had decent lube room jobs for kids to start out on...
Great find on the neat old stuff. Those old Plews oilers are great
Great find on the neat old stuff. Those old Plews oilers are great
JHZR2
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No wonder so many are unemployed these days. Heaven forbid we pay $1 more for a container of cotter pins.
Neat find!
Neat find!
Yeah, I have two old boxes with small to medium hose clamps also. A old pipe wrench I tried to wire brush up so I could tell the name. All I could see was Bethlehem PA
Originally Posted By: car51
Was helping my friend clean out his grandfathers garage. Found this oil can and this cardboard circular can of cottrr pins. I am already using the oil can on some hinges in the house and around the shed.
I had one just like that. It was well over 50 years old. Finally wore it out. Here are a couple of replacements.
Here is the bottom part,
here is the top part.
Was helping my friend clean out his grandfathers garage. Found this oil can and this cardboard circular can of cottrr pins. I am already using the oil can on some hinges in the house and around the shed.
I had one just like that. It was well over 50 years old. Finally wore it out. Here are a couple of replacements.
Here is the bottom part,
here is the top part.
Actually I had to solder the pickup piece to the top of the lid. Let it sit for a hour and works like a new one now
Originally Posted By: Farmer
I have that same oil can. It works great.
I have the same oil can in my shed.
I have that same oil can. It works great.
I have the same oil can in my shed.
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