Mystery engine component

It definitely looks like some sort of greaser, the sort where you give it 'half a turn, once a day'. I have one (rather bigger, and vertical) which greases the prop shaft on my little river cruiser.

The pot diameter seems too large for that, and the tap shaft has a compression seal around it. Both of which suggest to me - water.

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I've no idea either. Are you happy for me to post this elsewhere where there are old engine nuts ?

Adrian

Although it may be being used as a greaser I think it has been repurposed from its original designed use. The angle and appendages are also a give away.

Of course. How can I stop you? ;-)

Tim

Why wouldn’t a greaser have a seal? I don’t suppose that in such an early machine (one of the first Ferguson tractors) they would have made their own tap fittings. I imagine they would have used an off the shelf plumbing fitting.

But what possible purpose would a water fitting have there?

Tim

several photos/videos of Ferguson-Brown Model-A seem to show the same diagonal pot with brass valve, so I don;t think it's a one-off repurposed item.

They'll be Whitworth of course......

I've had a suggestion that it might be a self cleaning oil filter, which is a new one on me.

"You turn the 'tap' to scrape crud off the strainer which you drain out of the spigot on the bottom. "

Adrian

But you'd need a 3/8ths Gripley.

That was my first thought. It looks the right shape & size for an oil filter.

It must be an OEM part because the same thing can just be seen on this website

The positioning of the spigot would certainly fit with it being used to drain crud into a jug or similar. Just not sure how effective any sort of self cleaning filter would be at cleaning the oil though.

Tim

Coolant drain valve - A strange arrangement though.