Air in grease gun --dumb question

[Egon]

Hey Jim; you are not the only one with that kind of problem. Makes for a right proper mess.

Border Collie: I use that method also but I do not loosen the end. I just keep pumping till grease comes out. That is also how I get the original air out after a cartridge change.

Many times I feel the plunger spring gets weak and can't force the grease forward. Locking the plunger and pressing on it should get you some grease.

 

[gemini5362]

It's like the air bubbles you see in a jar of jam (jelly to you guys) they are simply trapped when the container is filled . If it was a seal leaking air in the gun it would happen constantly , not intermitently .

I would not presume to talk about how things are in other countries but in the U.S. Jam and Jelly are not the same thing.

 

[Reg]

I would not presume to talk about how things are in other countries but in the U.S. Jam and Jelly are not the same thing.

Different names for the same thing in different places vs different things in the same place (-:

 

[Charlesaf3]

I thin Iron horse was saying that what the call jam we describe as jelly, can't remember but its something along those lines - ie Oz jam is smooth like American Jelly.

There are some interesting random differences in English. Used to trip me up when I lived in London occasionally. Generally the rest of the world understands North Americans, because they get out movies and TV, but we don't necessarily understand them.

 

[N80]

Every time I pick up a grease gun it is like that.

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking! There have been times with that grease gun when I was glad no one was around to watch. When I have to put a new tube in that thing I don't just put on old cloths, I put on something I plan on throwing away that day.

I'm just glad to hear I'm not the only one.

 

[Egon]

Practice!!

 

[gemini5362]

Different names for the same thing in different places vs different things in the same place (-:

Ok I am more educated a bit. I should have googled before making my post. According to one of the items I was reading it said Austrailian Jam is equivalent to American Jelly. Austrailian Jello is the equivalent to american jello. The question I have now is what is American Jam equivalent to in Australia.


I have traveled to a lot of places and I have noticed there seems to be two distinctly different dialects of the english language. There is the queen's english and there is the american dialect. They have the same basis but have developed differently. If you get to london and get into the cockney version then you are speaking another language completely or so I have been told.

 

[browns40]

I always make sure to stop pumping once it starts to push air/run out of grease, then load some of the remaining grease from the old tube into the port the hose feeds through, then put a litlle "crown" of grease on the top of the cap so it wil contact the grease in the new tube when the cartridge gets screwed to the top...

Since I started doing that, no problems with failing to pump... still takes a few to purge the air out of the line (when you start thinking "please not again--don't make me open this %&#$@ mess up")... but then it comes.

Man, grease guns are messy things...