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Hey guys,
Just wanted to share a little project I've been working on this winter for fun. This is a series 'A' Walker 784, 4 ton jack. (about 4.5 feet long and about 150 Lbs) This model started about 1910 and moved up to series 'E' (I believe) with several changes along the way. You can see the before and after pictures. I tore it all down and had to dissemble the pump. The high speed valve was gone, and high pressure relief valve was missing. I learned that someone in the last 100 years has taken it apart, didn't have a clue and lost several parts. I was lucky enough to find a floor jack supply house that was able to offer a simple re build kit.. (many people do). BUT, they had the connections and patience to track down the other 100 year old parts I was missing. It took several weeks and many phone calls but I got all the NOS parts that had been saved, WOW, very lucky. I then cleaned and rebuilt the pump. I've seen You Tube videos that said it can be done in several hours, it took me several weeks in my spare time. LOL
On to the chassis. I was talking to my powder coat guy that does an outstanding job on just powder coating it for me. It had about 6-8 layers of paint on the intire jack. I got an initial quote for $300-400+... That was out of my budget so I had to do it myself. I had him sand blast all the parts and ALL that old paint off of that sucker. It ended up being about 15-20 parts. Each long side weights about 50-60 Lbs. I was also a bit concerned about what might be in some of that old paint. When I got it back I started the painting process and that that done. This took about a month all told. Then it was ready for the white, I got some pin striping paint and a brush and got to work. (a little side note, all this paint doesn't like 15-30*F temps LOL) The paint is oil based and takes a few weeks to dry enough so you can bang it around a little when its this cold. It would have taken about 3-5 days in the 110*F summer.
Now its time to build it back to its former glory.. This only took one weekend and went togeather smoothly. When I got it all togeather was the first time I was able to "test" the rebuilt pump. I was not able to test that big pump outside of the chassis. HOPE it works...LOL
YEP, I just had to bleed the high speed pump valve and it all worked 100% top notch it about 5-10 minutes with no leaks...... wooooooo-hoooooooo.....
This antique now works like the day it was built (or better) and looks even better than it was new. Im partial to mechanical antiqes and this one works as well as it looks....
Hope you enjoy the short story and pictures.
I'm looking for the even older big ratchet units next by Walker... Walker Roll-A-Car 740
https://youtu.be/efU5u9hW7bM
https://youtu.be/32JhMPyirr4
Just wanted to share a little project I've been working on this winter for fun. This is a series 'A' Walker 784, 4 ton jack. (about 4.5 feet long and about 150 Lbs) This model started about 1910 and moved up to series 'E' (I believe) with several changes along the way. You can see the before and after pictures. I tore it all down and had to dissemble the pump. The high speed valve was gone, and high pressure relief valve was missing. I learned that someone in the last 100 years has taken it apart, didn't have a clue and lost several parts. I was lucky enough to find a floor jack supply house that was able to offer a simple re build kit.. (many people do). BUT, they had the connections and patience to track down the other 100 year old parts I was missing. It took several weeks and many phone calls but I got all the NOS parts that had been saved, WOW, very lucky. I then cleaned and rebuilt the pump. I've seen You Tube videos that said it can be done in several hours, it took me several weeks in my spare time. LOL
On to the chassis. I was talking to my powder coat guy that does an outstanding job on just powder coating it for me. It had about 6-8 layers of paint on the intire jack. I got an initial quote for $300-400+... That was out of my budget so I had to do it myself. I had him sand blast all the parts and ALL that old paint off of that sucker. It ended up being about 15-20 parts. Each long side weights about 50-60 Lbs. I was also a bit concerned about what might be in some of that old paint. When I got it back I started the painting process and that that done. This took about a month all told. Then it was ready for the white, I got some pin striping paint and a brush and got to work. (a little side note, all this paint doesn't like 15-30*F temps LOL) The paint is oil based and takes a few weeks to dry enough so you can bang it around a little when its this cold. It would have taken about 3-5 days in the 110*F summer.
Now its time to build it back to its former glory.. This only took one weekend and went togeather smoothly. When I got it all togeather was the first time I was able to "test" the rebuilt pump. I was not able to test that big pump outside of the chassis. HOPE it works...LOL
YEP, I just had to bleed the high speed pump valve and it all worked 100% top notch it about 5-10 minutes with no leaks...... wooooooo-hoooooooo.....
This antique now works like the day it was built (or better) and looks even better than it was new. Im partial to mechanical antiqes and this one works as well as it looks....
Hope you enjoy the short story and pictures.
I'm looking for the even older big ratchet units next by Walker... Walker Roll-A-Car 740
https://youtu.be/efU5u9hW7bM
https://youtu.be/32JhMPyirr4
