Barn find Keene pump from the 1970's ?

[winners58]

got a little Keene pump to restore cute little thing,
has an O&R Ohlsson & Rice 1HP Engine will do 6800rpm
I'll go through it and get it running already found a support group for my new addiction
Ohlsson and Rice - My Old Machine
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[N-Lionberger]

Awfully cute.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

I would look at that from the perspective of a potential fire protection pump.
I think you can have the pump case machined to increase the pressure.

High pressure pumps are fairly expensive.

What size output is that?
There must be a mounting bracket and fuel tank missing?

I'd have jumped on that in a heart beat (for a fire pump).
Would be perfect for a small 200 gallon slip in tank.

 

[winners58]

In is 1" 1/4 out is threaded inch or inch & 1/8 I can never tell till thread a fitting on
I have the fuel tank and and looks to be the original foot valve, I have some left over
hose from my old 2" dredge somewhere, it had a little 2-stroke tanaka motor, but not this small
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[IMAUDIGGER]

The 2-stroke Tanaka pumps were good units.
My job as a kid was to fuel one up at our irrigation pond and fire it up.
I can remember walking off with that engine screaming full throttle many times.

Did they go out of business?

 

[njcommercialdiver]

"aint that cute"

 

[Vance in AK]

I had one just like it but missing the fuel tank. It was an old firefighting pump. Someone gave it to me & after it hung around for a while & I had never used it I finally sold it to a guy who wanted it for $100. It was a "Cute little thing" :-)

 

[mendoAu]

Looks about the same age as that coffee mug...HA!

 

[winners58]

Looks about the same age as that coffee mug...HA!

I like my coffee cup aged, like a meerschaum pipe...

 

[Hoser John]

Kawasaki or TML from canada? Tanaka were orange and not that shape-John

 

[mendoAu]

Notice that the pump say's North Hollywood ...they ain't there anymore....interesting. And dang...even a pipe needs a cleaning now and then...HA!!!!

 

[russau]

Notice that the pump say's North Hollywood ...they ain't there anymore.... OH MY GOSH!!!! Someone tell Reed that he cant get there from here anymore.........IT'S GONE!

 

[winners58]

Keene pumps where marked with the North Hollywood up into the 80's now they say NorthRidge their offices are in Chatsworth?
not sure this was for a dredge because of the open brass impeller, could have been for forest or farm use.
I am curious when it was made, could even be from the 1960's I'll have to ask Mark or Pat.

 

[N-Lionberger]

https://redding.craigslist.org/spo/d/vintage-keene-backpack-gold/6554907341.html

Looks pretty similar.

 

[winners58]

wow, photo and caption
Keene Industries 1.5" Model 1501 with 1 HP O&R engine. Purchased at a Seattle sport show in 1972.
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[N-Lionberger]

Just a little bit bigger than that steel pan hanging above it.