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| Author: | Charlie [ Wed May 07, 2014 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Old cast water pump |
Can anyone identify this old pump I found down the back? Its a southern cross but I can't find anything on the net about what type of pump it is or what it would be used for. Id be interested to know how old it might be. Attachment: DSC_0343.JPG [ 184.97 KiB | Viewed 19897 times ] Attachment: DSC_0345.JPG [ 156.84 KiB | Viewed 19897 times ] |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Wed May 07, 2014 10:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Dad thinks it may be some kind of old bore transfer pump. There is some piping down there too but everything is overgrown so I need to do some earthworks to see what I find. |
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| Author: | Perpetuitas [ Thu May 08, 2014 1:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Well you might ask some of your irrigation suppliers. Look for old people there, young people tend to know nothing if there is no chip on it. You might also find information from farmers, but as your are in Kalgoorlie you might have to find cattle farmers or drive a lot :-) |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Thu May 08, 2014 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Im not in Kalgoorlie anymore, Perp. Im in northern NSW. Plenty of farmers around here so Ill ask around. |
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| Author: | Perpetuitas [ Thu May 08, 2014 11:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
What does Perp mean? Oh I did not know that you moved! Well congrats then! |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Fri May 16, 2014 2:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Its an Australian thing, we abreviate everything. Perp is short for Perpetuitas. 
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| Author: | Burnsy [ Sun May 18, 2014 12:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Did you find out anything about it? Is that wooden stake a hand operated lever? If so it looks like a hand operated plunger or diaphram type pump, maybe used for priming larger pumps? Either way, anything "Southern Cross" is highly collectable so don't ditch it. |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Sun May 18, 2014 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Yes it is lever operated, haven't found any info yet |
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| Author: | Burnsy [ Sun May 18, 2014 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
I found a picture of one the same but no info. Pull it apart and rebuild it you might find a model number. Have you got kids? If so set it up to pump into your chicken waterer or the dogs bowl, kids love lever pumps. |
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| Author: | Burnsy [ Sun May 18, 2014 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
........................ or you could just send it to me 
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| Author: | Aussiedownunder [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 7:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Its just and old water transfer pump nothing special its just the hand way of doing what the electric pumps do now |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Its a keeper thanks Burnsy  Yea don't think its anything special but Ill rebuild it and get it working again. Ill use it as a transfer pump for the ponds down the back. |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
Ran into the previous owner of our place yesterday, they built the house before the subdivision went in 30 years ago. Anyways, he said that originally there was a large dam down the back that the old timers used for the banana plantation across the road and that was a pump used to transfer water to a holding pond in our yard. He said if I pulled the pump apart it would be full of brass but I didn't get what he meant by that. Pretty interesting. He had a few cool stories of the area so we swapped email and he's going to forward me some photos. |
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| Author: | Perpetuitas [ Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
does he mean that by any chance: brass - metal or is this somekind of joke germans dont get? |
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| Author: | Aussiedownunder [ Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old cast water pump |
These pumps are cast iron construction with a brass bore and also they have brass valves and valve seats Also the seal on the rod is usually brass I had a collection of these years ago[20 different ones ] When I was a kid there was an old feller [frans botcher ] that had a small market garden and had one on a well and he used to run all the water in channels Us kids used to visit just so we could work the pump and always went home with a bag of veg Ah memories |
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