Refill hand grease gun
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Refill hand grease gun
OK so this is my first 'REALLY FEEL STOOOPID NOW' post in a long time. Back when I rebuilt my suspension in 2005, I ran into a Mac toolman at the local watering hole & made a tour of his truck. I picked up a coupla things I needed; one of them being a hand grease gun. It was already filled at purchase and I used it up over the years.
Now I have a tube of Valvoline hi-temp suspension grease...looks like cartridge type to me. So I peel the caps off both ends of it and prepare to put it into my grease gun. D
H it does not go in. There's no cartridge in the gun to remove. So how are you supposed to fill this thing? Hand-scoop the poop into the gun, from the new cartridge?
I feel like a dummy but all the time I worked in shops, of course, the grease gun was a pressurized line that hung from the ceiling. Guess I never used a manual grease gun much - and certainly didn't fill one it looks like!
Now I have a tube of Valvoline hi-temp suspension grease...looks like cartridge type to me. So I peel the caps off both ends of it and prepare to put it into my grease gun. D
H it does not go in. There's no cartridge in the gun to remove. So how are you supposed to fill this thing? Hand-scoop the poop into the gun, from the new cartridge?I feel like a dummy but all the time I worked in shops, of course, the grease gun was a pressurized line that hung from the ceiling. Guess I never used a manual grease gun much - and certainly didn't fill one it looks like!
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Thanks guys. Got a spatula I can borrow? Give it right back, I promise ....
Hmmm I wonder if the local oil change place might refill it 4 me ....
Hmmm I wonder if the local oil change place might refill it 4 me ....
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From: Peoria Az
If cartrige wont fit in gun either way, take top off gun, Butt it up to cartridge then draw the plunger back. effectively sucking the grease from the cartrige into the gun.
Or you can try siphoning
lube shop would be able to refill it for you
Or you can try siphoning
lube shop would be able to refill it for you
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Follow up: Took it to my local Valvoline lube guys .... they see my three other cars in there for LOF every coupla months. They filled it for me.
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From: Gilbert Arizona
Yep -- its putty knife time! As you put the grease in, just make sure there is a small spot for air to get out (in the grease so you can see the bottom) or else you won't be able to fill the gun up all the way. Gently tap the grease gun to get the grease to go to the bottom.
WORDS OF ADVICE FROM EXPERIENCE: Use visegrips on the end of the springloaded center piece when putting in grease! On more than one occasion while in the Air Force i saw what was described as a "Grease-a-pult"!!
WORDS OF ADVICE FROM EXPERIENCE: Use visegrips on the end of the springloaded center piece when putting in grease! On more than one occasion while in the Air Force i saw what was described as a "Grease-a-pult"!!
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Yep -- its putty knife time! As you put the grease in, just make sure there is a small spot for air to get out (in the grease so you can see the bottom) or else you won't be able to fill the gun up all the way. Gently tap the grease gun to get the grease to go to the bottom.
WORDS OF ADVICE FROM EXPERIENCE: Use visegrips on the end of the springloaded center piece when putting in grease! On more than one occasion while in the Air Force i saw what was described as a "Grease-a-pult"!!
WORDS OF ADVICE FROM EXPERIENCE: Use visegrips on the end of the springloaded center piece when putting in grease! On more than one occasion while in the Air Force i saw what was described as a "Grease-a-pult"!!
Thanks.
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From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
Buy grease in a tub, take a big spoon, and take a big mouthful of grease. Let it sit in your mouth long enough to melt, then spit it into the gun. Repeat until gun is full.
Scott
Scott
