toasterburn
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I found this vintage grease gun at an estate sale last week. It was rusty and packed with old congealed grease. I put some work into restoring it and now it works perfectly.
Just restored an antique grease gun
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djjsr
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VERY nice! Any idea how old it is? and what is the plug on the handle for?
d42jeep
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Nice job. I’ve done a few. Here is one that is part of my Jeep’s onboard toolset. 
This one lives in my Navy toolbox.
-Don
This one lives in my Navy toolbox.
-Don
Looks like a gem!!! What did you find was the easiest way to removed the old grease? I bought a bicycle that had been stored for many, many years in AZ's heat (in a garage). Big PITA for me to deal with the rock hard, dried out grease in the bearings.
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toasterburn
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Scooped out as much as I could, then left it overnight in dish soap water, and the next day I ran hot water through it to melt some more out, and finally I sprayed it out with high pressure water. It was actually quite a bit of work.
I found this vintage grease gun at an estate sale last week. It was rusty and packed with old congealed grease. I put some work into restoring it and now it works perfectly.
The Alemite number should be stamped into the steel body. Is it #5586?
Caterpillar supplied this gun with all their tractors D2 up for years.
Please tell us what the bung in the handle accesses.
