Re: 740 Madison Kipp lubricator
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Date: February 28, 2015 05:19PM
Mark,
I have a Madison Kipp handbook that I can scan parts of for you. Send me a PM..
I am not at home at this time and weather is not cooperating on letting me get there either.
As for the operation of the lubricator, the hand crank operates the pump piston a full stroke per revolution of the hand crank.
The operation of the lever takes up one tooth on a ratchet wheel. Memory fails me but the ratchet wheel has a tooth count of 18 or so. This means piston travel is less with each cycle of the lever (18:1) than with one turn of the crank (1:1). I hope I described this in an understandable way.
Now if I can get mine to work like yours. It is holding me up from touring however I did find that there is a check valve in the outlet of the pump, the fitting with what looks like a screw adjustment on it. It was gummed up and maybe this will be the cure. What looks like a adjustment screw is really slotted screw and becomes a 'test port' when loostened to observe oil delivery from the pump outlet.
Good luck,
Larry