This is the one I use on my Super 7. No problems at all with leaking. I would imagine it would be fairly easy to machine an end to fit a ’push’ type gun?
p.s. This was not new when I acquired it 30-35 years ago.
Doug.
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p.s. This was not new when I acquired it 30-35 years ago.
Doug.
Doug,
I bought one that looks just like that years ago. It was a different make apparently, because it lacked any ID on the cap or anywhere else. It worked but leaked around the cap and worse around the stem where it enters the body. Maybe I should take it apart and see if a fix is possible. I kind of wrote it off as a bad design.
I bought one that looks just like that years ago. It was a different make apparently, because it lacked any ID on the cap or anywhere else. It worked but leaked around the cap and worse around the stem where it enters the body. Maybe I should take it apart and see if a fix is possible. I kind of wrote it off as a bad design.
BillHowcroft
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BillHowcroft
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So I have had the same problem with my myford super 7 ,what a pain. My solution is a small 5 ml syringe that can generate high pressure , enough to open the oil nipple. This I attach to a hard small silicon tube that tightly fits over the nipple. The tube is attached to the syringe with a small cable tie ( so it does not dislodge). That way all I have to do is hold the tube over the nipple ,on occasion ( if the pressure needs to be very high) and use the pressure generate by the syringe to oil the nipple much or easier and inexpensive and can reach all areas of the lathe
Badhippie
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Guys I don’t know if this will help with your oiling problems but this is what I use with the ball and spring oilers. It seals pretty good but it’s not a 100% seal it’s more like 85-90% at sealing.
Quinn has a good discussion of way oil and using a flat-tip Goldenrod oiler for ball bearing oil cups;
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