I am just starting to restore a Walker Roll A Car 783 hydraulic floor jack that has a gray-green original paint on recesses & areas not accessible to cursory rattle can repaint. I have never seen a Walker that was not blue with contrasting yellow or white. Does anyone know something of the origin of this unusual color? It is not a military olive drab but somewhat lighter in color. I would like to find a Walker historian with accurate knowledge of this old jack. Any help would be appreciated. [email protected]
Walker Roll A Car Restoration
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Talk to user name Hiball.
HCRCnow
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You have a very old unit. I have not been able to even find exploded view drawing for this jack. If anybody has the drawing for this jack walker 783, I would like to have a copy.
I do have the seal kit.
Post up some Pictures of your Jack with the Color scheme. If you need help with the Pictures, Send me a PM and ill send my Email Addy and you can send them to me and ill Post the Pictures.
Although the Kits aren't terribly expensive, Make sure you tear the jack down and verify the Internal condition before forking out the Cash for a Seal Kit, It is a Older Jack.
Although the Kits aren't terribly expensive, Make sure you tear the jack down and verify the Internal condition before forking out the Cash for a Seal Kit, It is a Older Jack.
Thanks for the replies. The lack of wear on shafts leads me to believe this jack was not heavily used. I am going to rebuild it in any case because of the nostalgia associated with it. If I can't come up with the history of the color I don't know what I will do with the color. I may just try to duplicate as best I can & hope someday to find the historical facts.
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I made the tools to disassemble & reassemble the jack. The barrel nut was loosened with the clamping tool. Aluminium shims were placed between the two halves of the tool before clamping. 1/4" square keys go in the milled slots of the clamp halves. After clamping, the "handle" of the clamp was struck with a hammer to loosen the nut & then the spanner tool used to remove the nut. The 30 degree conical tool was used to gently shape the pump pistons before insertion & the 2 degree taper tool used similarly to a tapered piston ring compression tool to insert the ram piston into the bore without damaging it. The other spanners were used to adjust the packing nuts on the ram & pump shafts.
I made the tools to disassemble & reassemble the jack. The barrel nut was loosened with the clamping tool. Aluminium shims were placed between the two halves of the tool before clamping. 1/4" square keys go in the milled slots of the clamp halves. After clamping, the "handle" of the clamp was struck with a hammer to loosen the nut & then the spanner tool used to remove the nut. The 30 degree conical tool was used to gently shape the pump pistons before insertion & the 2 degree taper tool used similarly to a tapered piston ring compression tool to insert the ram piston into the bore without damaging it. The other spanners were used to adjust the packing nuts on the ram & pump shafts.
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1930artdeco
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That is one really nice looking jack!
Mike
Mike
Smokeshow69
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Very nice job on the jack! Let's see some pictures of the work station as well!!
Outlawmws
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Holy C#$%, that ain't a shop, its a hospital!
Nice everything, great work on the Walker jack.
paulsomlo
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Very meticulous - way to go!
By the way, can you give me the name of your cleaning service?
By the way, can you give me the name of your cleaning service?
Wow
That is something anyone would be proud of. What type of work do you usually do? Can we see pics of the back room that contains all the necessary garage junk? 