[TheForge] Re: grease cup / oil cup

[Tom Troszak]

>There's what looks like a grease cup on the compressor conrod and it's
>full of grease but I think it's meant to be an oil reservoir.  Gotta
>figure that out.  It has a little brass standpipe in the center.  I
>think it's supposed to be filled with oil and the motion of the conrod
>is supposed to slosh oil into the standpipe a little at a time.
>

I think it is an oilcup, but it is supposed to be packed loosely with cotton 
waste (like cotton yarn) to hold the oil, and there is supposed to be a 
cotton wick running from the up down the tube to induce the oil to flow to 
the journal.

Tom Troszak

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