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36 conv sedan · 01-25-2016, 10:10 PM

I have a couple of air pumps that need restoration, but they are mostly nice to start with, even with good wood handles and rods.... what I need is really the hose with the tire fitting or valve and the clips to tighten the hose to the pump and valve, and also the leather seal, but the vendors I see online have a full kit for around $25 that includes the wooden handle, rod and nuts and bolts, which I would prefer not to change.

Would anybody know of a source for the parts I need?

Thanks,
victor

jw hash · 01-26-2016, 05:56 AM

Bratton`s sell the the hose #22720 and the end and clamps #22730, the leather cup is another story. if I remember right I bought some of them from Gary Johnson

Tom Wesenberg · 01-26-2016, 06:53 AM

I bought a leather cup from my local Ace Hardware store about 15 years ago.

As Vince said A&L is the place to buy the parts.

Redbird · 01-26-2016, 07:39 AM

I bought the leather cup at a local hardware store. They had about a half dozen sizes.

Bruce Lancaster · 01-26-2016, 10:15 AM

I have a bunch of old tirepumps, Ford and non, needing new leathers...after a LOT of searching using various different terms I found this place:

http://www.base-camp.co.uk/Cups%20.htm

I have not actually ordered from them, as I am still cataloging the various sizes I need, but they sound good. My searching failed entirely to turn up any organized USA source except for the Ford and Jeep resto places selling kits with more parts than I want.
I think we are down to random finds in the few remaining old hardware stores here!

C26Pinelake · 01-26-2016, 10:32 AM

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I got frustrated and ordered the kit. Too much time to chase parts. Wayne

36 conv sedan · 01-26-2016, 03:59 PM

Thanks for all the help!

I am much more of an internet guy than phone guy (and I am mexican, so my english is not as good as to make myself understood easily), so though I tried to look for A&L and not finding but their phone, looked at Bratton's, as per JW Jash's reccomendation.

I am glad I did. Their page is not the easiest to navigate through (I don't like that it shows only 10 selections per page which makes it rather tiresome to go through it), but after spending much more than a few minutes on it, I find they have a tremendous inventory of parts, many of them of the individual parts to correct something, and not the full part of full repair kit. I liked that a lot.

Anyhow, thanks a lot! I will see about getting the parts and see if I can have the leather cups cut here to match my samples.

Victor

Bruce Lancaster · 01-26-2016, 04:17 PM

A&L might well be the highest quality vendor/maker around.

C26Pinelake · 01-26-2016, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Lancaster

A&L might well be the highest quality vendor/maker around.

I totally agree and nobody is more customer conscious. Call Allan or Bob at the listed number and you will leave happy. Wayne

BILL WILLIAMSON · 01-26-2016, 09:08 PM

WELL, I cheated & bought a Model A lookin' bicycle tire pump @ Harbor Freight, for $9.99, even has a pressure gauge on the side & snap on hose connector, so's you don't lose ALL yo' air, when you disconnect! I'll probably have to HIRE some fool to pump it fer me! Any takers?
Bill W.

updraught · 01-26-2016, 09:56 PM

Good idea on the bike pump:

http://silca.cc/collections/all-silc...-formerly-74-1

"Since the 1960's all SILCA leather washers have come from the same leather converting house in the fashion district of Milan, Italy. For more than 5 decades the same supplier has cut these washers from the excess material left over from the production of exotic handbags, Italian luxury cars interiors, and high-fashion luggage. A small press is used to hand cut and then pressure form these washers from pieces of leather otherwise sent to the trash. We receive these parts by the hundred and it is always fun to sift through them looking at the various finishes and textures while thinking about the exotic sports car interior, $2000 briefcase, or hand crafted luggage sets from which they share history."

Myself ... I use an ARB compressor.

walt jones · 01-26-2016, 11:03 PM

Like Tom W and Redbird I found leather cup washers just perfect for my Model A tire pumps,at a local Hardware store.They were in a drawer in a metal cabinet near the plumbing supplies,faucet washers, etc.

Conaway2 · 07-03-2019, 09:44 PM

Isn’t there a check valve somewhere in the pump ? I don’t see any references to a check valve, so wonder how the pump can work.

katy · 07-04-2019, 09:12 AM

You can make your own leathers as shown in this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xFhThdnYqE

I recently made one for a cistern pump using a similar method and a piece of leather from an old boot.

01-25-2016, 10:10 PM	#1
36 conv sedan Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 95	Tire pump restoration I have a couple of air pumps that need restoration, but they are mostly nice to start with, even with good wood handles and rods.... what I need is really the hose with the tire fitting or valve and the clips to tighten the hose to the pump and valve, and also the leather seal, but the vendors I see online have a full kit for around $25 that includes the wooden handle, rod and nuts and bolts, which I would prefer not to change. Would anybody know of a source for the parts I need? Thanks, victor

01-26-2016, 06:53 AM	#3
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Tire pump restoration I bought a leather cup from my local Ace Hardware store about 15 years ago. As Vince said A&L is the place to buy the parts.

01-26-2016, 07:39 AM	#4
Redbird Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Georgetown, TX Posts: 535	Re: Tire pump restoration I bought the leather cup at a local hardware store. They had about a half dozen sizes.

01-26-2016, 10:15 AM	#5
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: Tire pump restoration I have a bunch of old tirepumps, Ford and non, needing new leathers...after a LOT of searching using various different terms I found this place: http://www.base-camp.co.uk/Cups%20.htm I have not actually ordered from them, as I am still cataloging the various sizes I need, but they sound good. My searching failed entirely to turn up any organized USA source except for the Ford and Jeep resto places selling kits with more parts than I want. I think we are down to random finds in the few remaining old hardware stores here!

01-26-2016, 10:32 AM	#6
C26Pinelake BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto. Posts: 5,800	Re: Tire pump restoration Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I got frustrated and ordered the kit. Too much time to chase parts. Wayne

01-26-2016, 05:56 AM	#2
jw hash Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auburn Washington Posts: 2,552	Re: Tire pump restoration Bratton`s sell the the hose #22720 and the end and clamps #22730, the leather cup is another story. if I remember right I bought some of them from Gary Johnson

01-26-2016, 03:59 PM	#7
36 conv sedan Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 95	Re: Tire pump restoration Thanks for all the help! I am much more of an internet guy than phone guy (and I am mexican, so my english is not as good as to make myself understood easily), so though I tried to look for A&L and not finding but their phone, looked at Bratton's, as per JW Jash's reccomendation. I am glad I did. Their page is not the easiest to navigate through (I don't like that it shows only 10 selections per page which makes it rather tiresome to go through it), but after spending much more than a few minutes on it, I find they have a tremendous inventory of parts, many of them of the individual parts to correct something, and not the full part of full repair kit. I liked that a lot. Anyhow, thanks a lot! I will see about getting the parts and see if I can have the leather cups cut here to match my samples. Victor

01-26-2016, 04:17 PM	#8
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: Tire pump restoration A&L might well be the highest quality vendor/maker around.

01-26-2016, 09:08 PM	#10
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Tire pump restoration WELL, I cheated & bought a Model A lookin' bicycle tire pump @ Harbor Freight, for $9.99, even has a pressure gauge on the side & snap on hose connector, so's you don't lose ALL yo' air, when you disconnect! I'll probably have to HIRE some fool to pump it fer me! Any takers? Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

01-26-2016, 09:56 PM	#11
updraught Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 1,971	Re: Tire pump restoration Good idea on the bike pump: http://silca.cc/collections/all-silc...-formerly-74-1 "Since the 1960's all SILCA leather washers have come from the same leather converting house in the fashion district of Milan, Italy. For more than 5 decades the same supplier has cut these washers from the excess material left over from the production of exotic handbags, Italian luxury cars interiors, and high-fashion luggage. A small press is used to hand cut and then pressure form these washers from pieces of leather otherwise sent to the trash. We receive these parts by the hundred and it is always fun to sift through them looking at the various finishes and textures while thinking about the exotic sports car interior, $2000 briefcase, or hand crafted luggage sets from which they share history." Myself ... I use an ARB compressor.

01-26-2016, 11:03 PM	#12
walt jones Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kansas City, Mo. Posts: 101	Re: Tire pump restoration Like Tom W and Redbird I found leather cup washers just perfect for my Model A tire pumps,at a local Hardware store.They were in a drawer in a metal cabinet near the plumbing supplies,faucet washers, etc. __________________ Walt

07-03-2019, 09:44 PM	#13
Conaway2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 601	Re: Tire pump restoration Isn’t there a check valve somewhere in the pump ? I don’t see any references to a check valve, so wonder how the pump can work.

07-04-2019, 09:12 AM	#14
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,046	Re: Tire pump restoration You can make your own leathers as shown in this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xFhThdnYqE I recently made one for a cistern pump using a similar method and a piece of leather from an old boot. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!