Can anybody identify this

[junkyardjeff]

A friend found this in his moms garage and trying to figure out if its automotive related.

 

[Mojave888]

I think it may be a kerosene tank for an old kitchen stove. They're usually glass. The top with the spring is spot on for a kero tank.

 

[apollo11]

I have no idea but these are my favorite types of threads.

 

[ttpete]

I think it may be a kerosene tank for an old kitchen stove. They're usually glass. The top with the spring is spot on for a kero tank.

I agree. The spring loaded pin would open a valve when the tank was set in the holder on the stove.

 

[Mojave888]

What does it say on the gauge?

 

[B.S.A. (ret.)]

Mojave888 hit it on the nose. That is a kerosene tank for a kitchen stove. My grandparents had one into the late '60's. The spring-loaded plunger would be at the bottom when in use and dispense the fuel by gravity feed into the stove.

 

[jimkinney]

No, but I had that same microwave back in the 80's.

 

[Milton Shaw]

Kerosene tank it could be for a stove or a freestanding heater. My folks had a heater that used a very similar tank to fuel it. Usually worked very well and not a lot of leakage if you go the cap on tight. It does not dispense fuel unless the plunger is pushed in and then air is let in and fuel comes out. If the lid is loose it flows kerosene all the time. Now days you have to take the entire heater outside to fill the tanks, back then they could be filled and brought into the stove.. Much safer now with all the spills outside instead of inside.

 

[rlitman]

Kerosene tank it could be for a stove or a freestanding heater...

My Monitor heater uses a similarly designed fuel "capsule". You open a door on top of the unit, and drop it in.

 

[tdcisco1]

stove or water heater, fill the tank ,wait a few minutes, bath time!

 

[junkyardjeff]

Thanks to all who identified it.