Replacment oil can spout

Hello all, I remembered I have this Wesco can (1960s vintage I think?). However the spout has snapped. It still pumps well!

Is it possible to buy replacment spouts? It looks like the new spares have a much smaller thread to attach to the can. The Wesco has a retaining collar - see picture. I do prefer to repair and re-use if possible. Especially compared to the poor performance of the modern Chinesium ones I've used

Any suggestions are very welcome. Thank you.

I would think you could turn up a replacement from nylon or delrin, the ferrules for the tube are available from classic bike spares outlets but you need to fashion a crimper. The tube can also be replaced as it tends to go brittle after long service, certainly when used for petrol it does.

Mike

when mine broke i made the replacement out of a piece of copper brake pipe

+1 on making a metal replacement. To re-use the original nut, a washer or disc of same material as delivery tube could be found or turned on the lathe, to fit the inside dim of the nut. Make the disc ID a close clearance fit to the delivery tube. Silver solder or bronze weld tube to disc, bend tube along the length or at tip to suitable jaunty angle , and there you are. The outer end of the tube could be peened over to make a smaller ID delivery nozzle if some more energetic squirting is needed.

Copper tube, brass tube, or any sort of brake line out of a car would all make good delivery tubes.

Wise to check hole in disc and tube are open after solder / braze op.

Edited By Jeff Dayman on 05/04/2021 22:51:48

Have bought replacement in the past , a few years ago , today a possible big question.

Try Googling Wesco Oil Can Spouts - from £2-00 upwards

Robert Butler

" To re-use the original nut, a washer or disc of same material as delivery tube could be found or turned on the lathe, to fit the inside dim of the nut. Make the disc ID a close clearance fit to the delivery tube."

That brought back memories of the spouts in the top of Model Aircraft/Boats Diesel fuel cans.

Regards Ian.