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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 152077, member: 360"]This is thing is just cute!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13392068_1744584489133363_5488271167184032530_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I picked it up for $20 at a local charity shop. At first I had no idea what I was gonna do with it beyond polish it up. Then I realised that it still worked!</p><p><br /></p><p>I unscrewed the filler-cap at the top of the extinguisher, filled it right up with water, screwed the cap back on - unlocked the handle and started pumping! Wow!</p><p><br /></p><p>This thing is at least 80-90 years old by my reckoning, and it still works! Blasted water out of the nozzle at a terrific pressure! The first three or four pumps sprayed out all kinds of ugly brown sludge and grime from inside the pump (this thing probably hasn't been used in decades), but after filling and pumping three or four times, I managed to flush out all the grime and it now works great!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13403213_1744584485800030_453699928038031720_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Soooooooooo much fun to play with. I'm advertising it for sale as an antique water-pistol <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> Just because I'm nuts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 152077, member: 360"]This is thing is just cute! [IMG]https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13392068_1744584489133363_5488271167184032530_o.jpg[/IMG] I picked it up for $20 at a local charity shop. At first I had no idea what I was gonna do with it beyond polish it up. Then I realised that it still worked! I unscrewed the filler-cap at the top of the extinguisher, filled it right up with water, screwed the cap back on - unlocked the handle and started pumping! Wow! This thing is at least 80-90 years old by my reckoning, and it still works! Blasted water out of the nozzle at a terrific pressure! The first three or four pumps sprayed out all kinds of ugly brown sludge and grime from inside the pump (this thing probably hasn't been used in decades), but after filling and pumping three or four times, I managed to flush out all the grime and it now works great! [IMG]https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13403213_1744584485800030_453699928038031720_o.jpg[/IMG] Soooooooooo much fun to play with. I'm advertising it for sale as an antique water-pistol :p Just because I'm nuts.[/QUOTE]
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