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Old 06-22-2008, 05:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
Willis Fecon Bushhogging
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Default Re: Air in grease gun --dumb question

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Originally Posted by sixdogs
I have greased things for decades and cannot figure out the air-in-the-grease-gun thing. Usually, if i get air I unscrew the top of the gun, start pumping again and things seem to work out. But not this time.
I have had a few cartridges in a row that quit pumping with maybe a third of the grease left and I cannot figure out how to get the grease going again.
I have a pump handle quality gun and using JD grease. I don't have one of those buttons on the top--but I have one I could use. Mine just has a plug where the button would have gone.
Any ideas on this? I simply cannot figure it out.
Sounds like its time for a grease gun. Try when it quits pumping, turn the gun upside down and kind of tap the gun top trying to force the grease to the top. It might work, but sounds like the seal is not working on the plunger
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