Threaded brass fitting - from a tractor?

[jsandin]

It's pretty well picked over, but I went back to the stone foundation in a park (formerly farmland) on the western edge of the Kansas City metro area. I have a Garrett American S2, which isn't too bright, but it does allow me to exclude nails. Good thing, because there are probably 10,000 rusty nails around the grounds of this place. The building appears to have burned down many decades ago, and probably housed farm equipment.

The only thing I found worth mentioning (about 4" down) was a round threaded brass fitting with knurled edges, and with the stamped words

...?... IMPLEMENT SUPPLY CO. K.C. MO

Anybody know what this is? I'm thinking it came from a tractor.

There's a dime in the first pic for size comparison.

 

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[dozer dan]

seal retainer for a pump shaft?

 

[Layne]

Looks like a packing nut to me. Possibly from a pump, as said. In the days before rubber seals they used a sort of greasy rope (it has a name, but I forgot it) packed around a shaft with a nut like this to tighten it up. If it started leaking you could just turn the nut a little more. Brass would normally only be used for corrosion resistance, which tends to validate the pump theory. It is a strange place for a company to put their name though.

 

[seger98]

Looks like a packing nut to me. Possibly from a pump, as said. In the days before rubber seals they used a sort of greasy rope (it has a name, but I forgot it) packed around a shaft with a nut like this to tighten it up.

Yucom?

 

[jsandin]

Looks like a packing nut to me. Possibly from a pump, as said. In the days before rubber seals they used a sort of greasy rope (it has a name, but I forgot it) packed around a shaft with a nut like this to tighten it up.

Yucom?

Sounds feasible. And I think the word is "oakum".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakum

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like a packing nut to me. Possibly from a pump, as said. In the days before rubber seals they used a sort of greasy rope (it has a name, but I forgot it) packed around a shaft with a nut like this to tighten it up. If it started leaking you could just turn the nut a little more. Brass would normally only be used for corrosion resistance, which tends to validate the pump theory. It is a strange place for a company to put their name though.

Yep, Packing nut from an old pump. I have them on my Hit & Miss engines. Tony

 

[jsandin]

Looks like a packing nut to me. Possibly from a pump, as said. In the days before rubber seals they used a sort of greasy rope (it has a name, but I forgot it) packed around a shaft with a nut like this to tighten it up. If it started leaking you could just turn the nut a little more. Brass would normally only be used for corrosion resistance, which tends to validate the pump theory. It is a strange place for a company to put their name though.

Yep, Packing nut from an old pump. I have them on my Hit & Miss engines. Tony

Amazing what you can learn by digging something up out of the ground. I never even heard of a hit & miss engine in my life. Here's a page about the restoration of an old one, complete with sound file. Somebody had to fabricate a knurled brass packing nut for an engine restoration.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand/F-M Jack/F-M Jack.html

Thanks for the replies!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like a packing nut to me. Possibly from a pump, as said. In the days before rubber seals they used a sort of greasy rope (it has a name, but I forgot it) packed around a shaft with a nut like this to tighten it up. If it started leaking you could just turn the nut a little more. Brass would normally only be used for corrosion resistance, which tends to validate the pump theory. It is a strange place for a company to put their name though.

Yep, Packing nut from an old pump. I have them on my Hit & Miss engines. Tony

Amazing what you can learn by digging something up out of the ground. I never even heard of a hit & miss engine in my life. Here's a page about the restoration of an old one, complete with sound file. Somebody had to fabricate a knurled brass packing nut for an engine restoration.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand/F-M Jack/F-M Jack.html

Thanks for the replies!

I copied the pic of his home made packing nut with knurling.

 

[Tony in SC]

I Have 25 antique engines (Hit&Miss) and most parts have to be hand made. When we detect old farms I go through everyones junk to check for engine and tractor parts. Tony

 

[jsandin]

I Have 25 antique engines (Hit&Miss) and most parts have to be hand made. When we detect old farms I go through everyones junk to check for engine and tractor parts. Tony

Tony, that's a beautiful engine.

Why does the red wheel in the foreground have a section that is thicker than the rest of the wheel?

 

[SWEATYSOCK]

the thicker section of the flywheel is opposite the "throw" of the crankshaft, this helps to balance out the moving masses of the engine and helps cut down on vibration.

 

[Tony in SC]

the thicker section of the flywheel is opposite the "throw" of the crankshaft, this helps to balance out the moving masses of the engine and helps cut down on vibration.

That's right. Even at 400 rpms top speed it still needs some balance. Tony

 

[jsandin]

That's pretty much what I looked like when I got home after 3 hours of dragging that Garrett American S2 around.

It was worth it, because of what I learned from you guys.