Help with this light

[gobblesandgrunts]

I didnt know what year it would be and if it would just go to a barn or what. No way it's very old but cool looking and glass was still intact. I'm actually finding stuff now but no coins! Wonder if I'm at the wrong place lol
Just talked to a friend, totally not a light [emoji23]

 

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[releventchair]

It's not a light.
It's a fuel sediment bowl for a tractor or similar.
Or an oil/water separator for an air line or similar...

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

It's not a light.
It's a fuel sediment bowl for a tractor or similar.
Or an oil/water separator for an airline or similar...

Yeah what my friend said. Shows what I know lol

 

[smokeythecat]

Yeah, what they said. That one is pretty old.

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Yeah, what they said. That one is pretty old.

Think so? What would you guess?

 

[Peyton Manning]

50s or 60s

 

[kingskid1611]

You should make it into a light. What do they call that " farmhouse sheik" or "industrial sheik". Either way it would make a great wall sconce...

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

You should make it into a light. What do they call that " farmhouse sheik" or "industrial sheik". Either way it would make a great wall sconce...

Yes what I thought!

 

[firemanphob]

it is actually a fuel pump and sediment bowl combined.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

it is actually a fuel pump and sediment bowl combined.

beat me too it

 

[Tony in SC]

fireman is right, that setup was used on some automobiles until the early 50's.

it is actually a fuel pump and sediment bowl combined.

 

[mojjax]

I had a 66 Dodge Dart and it had a fuel pump like that .

 

[A2coins]

Beat me to just dont leave any scars lol fuel pump never saw one with a light before gotta be pretty old could have value to a restorer behind an original part nice find. Tommy

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Almost kinda sorta looks like the floaty bubble apparatus thingy that used to be on old gas pumps.
My Grandfather owned a Sing Oil Station that had them kind of pumps.
(it was a long long time ago I saw them gas pumps, and I was very young then).

 

[owlcreek]

38 ford v8 flathead

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Glass sediment bowls were common to collect sand or separate water from gas and were used on gas pumps, cars, trucks, tractors, generators and even on outboard motors. This sediment bowl happens to be connected to a mechanical fuel pump similar to this. I think owlcreek matched it. https://picclick.com/Mechanical-Fuel-Pump-w-Glass-Bowl-1946-48-Ford-Flathead-372316536469.html

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

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Dang thanks for the the responses! yall think it's that old??

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

It's similar to the sediment bowl on my 1956 Ford 640 tractor . . . that is pretty close to the bowl on the 2N and 8N tractors from the 1940's & 1950's.

 

[Plug N Play]

FUN WITH MATHS

Let's say someone bought a new 1938 Ford in San Francisco, and drove it to New York
relying on that little thing you found to get them there.

That little pump would have to pump a little under 150 gallons of gas through that little glass bowl.

So, while the new car only had 2,900 miles on it, that little rod would have driven the pump 3,870,000 times, in order to get there.
That little pump would have just started its life.

And, now ... here it is, hanging out with you for a while.

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

FUN WITH MATHS

Let's say someone bought a new 1938 Ford in San Francisco, and drove it to New York
relying on that little thing you found to get them there.

That little pump would have to pump a little under 150 gallons of gas through that little glass bowl.

So, while the new car only had 2,900 miles on it, that little rod would have driven the pump 3,870,000 times, in order to get there.
That little pump would have just started its life.

And, now ... here it is, hanging out with you for a while.

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That's pretty cool, glad I found it