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Graham Barker Offline
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18-03-2025, 04:21 AM
I found this greasing tool when rummaging through a bin of vintage Austin spare parts. It looks like a marine propellor shaft gland greaser. Does anyone know whether it might also be a greasing tool for an Austin?     
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18-03-2025, 07:48 AM
The Admiral in command of a newly built aircraft carrier writes, "Is that a perfect piece of kit for stopping leaks on stern tubes? I must have it immediately. Please let me have your postcode and a helicopter will be with you shortly."
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18-03-2025, 08:40 AM (This post was last modified: 18-03-2025, 08:41 AM by Mike Costigan.)
It's very similar to the Enots greaser supplied with early cars:


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18-03-2025, 06:48 PM
Hi Mike, well spotted. I wonder why, Austin didn't offer a lever-operated grease gun. Using the Enotts gun would be a bit tedious. The threaded tip would have to be inserted into a threaded hole in each vehicle component. Didn't they use grease nipples in those days?
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18-03-2025, 10:08 PM
(18-03-2025, 06:48 PM)Graham Barker Wrote: Hi Mike,  well spotted.  I wonder why, Austin didn't offer a lever-operated grease gun. Using the Enotts gun would be a bit tedious. The threaded tip would have to be inserted into a threaded hole in each vehicle component. Didn't they use grease nipples in those days?

The right hand end of the flexible tube screws to the body. The left hand end of the tube fits the grease nipples as shown  at BT 15
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19-03-2025, 09:16 AM
The Enots grease nipple had a threaded end, which provided a more effective seal than the push-on type. I don't recall lever-type grease guns being available before the early 1960s; the period alternative was the plunger-type, which was always difficult to use and retain a decent seal with the nipple.


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