The Best Tyre Pumps... in the World?

[Rhyolith]

Nice!

Thats a good idea with the gauge. Its one of the few design flaws with the master that theres no convent way to attach and pressure gauge to the pump itself, this is an area where the old Dunlop's defiantly have an advantage.

Finished another one, been 2 years in the works (may have even posted it here before i completed the restoration, can't remember!). But now it finally is fully working!

Hattersley and Davidson 3 Stage by Rhyolith, on Flickr
Hattersley and Davidson 3 Stage by Rhyolith, on Flickr
Hattersley and Davidson 3 Stage by Rhyolith, on Flickr

It took new springs from Gordon, new sleeves for the springs to ride on machined by me and full set of new leather washers... the top hate ones being a total pain in particular (and the main reason it took so long).

Edited by Rhyolith on Friday 26th October 17:22

[Rhyolith]

One on the left is a “Desmo” I think. Probably the leather washers need replacing, but you could try just squiting some vegetable oil into the cylinders (usaully theres a hole in the side somewhere for that purpose), that might fix it.

[Rhyolith]

Depends what you mean by “gauge”. I have adverts for Kismet Masters with in line stick gauges from the early 1920s. Also Woodmilne had a dial type gauge back around the same time. So the answer is probably 100 years ago. However it does not seem to have become standard until the ~ 1970s (thats a guess somewhat).

[Rhyolith]

Jonny TVR said:

A stick gauge would work .. would like to buy one but not to restore.

In that case be prephared to pay more, ones with original working gauges are rare.

My recommendation though if you just want to get one that works ‘out the box’ would be to pay someone to restore one for you, they could also fit an appropriate new gauge for you. Gordon would probably do this for you, he has been active on this thread a bit but you could look at his website: http://www.vintagepumps.co.uk/index.html I could also do it, feel free to pm me.

I have found Dunlop pumps lend themselves more naturally to having a gauge fitted in a logical place (they also look good with it). The Dunlope Major is always a good choice, they are fairly common, well built and look good (they are from the 1950s I think).

[Rhyolith]

The threads are BSP ones, 1/8 sounds right.