The tire pump color post number 161 plus.

[lucakiki]

I carefully cleaned it with Acetone & ran a wire wheel around the cap and band, clean up the grime and oxidation. Plating still looks good.

I just used the Acetone on the wood... the grime cleaned up pretty well. I didn't see any signs of any type of finish on the pump handle. The ends just look like they were chucked in a lath and made round.

Anyone have any evidence of some kind of clear finish?

Mark, my .N.O.S. ORD Walkers does not bear any trace whatsoever of any kind of finish. The lathe marks on the tips are " empty", so to say. So nothing was on the wood, apparently.
All of the used Walker pumps I happened to own ( grey or O.D., ORD or QMC marked) had the wooden handles darkened up by use, grime, age. Slightly weathered, on a motorpool jeep , doesn't bother me.
If excessive, however, cleaning them up with some degreasing agent did give a rewarding outcome. Personally I try to avoid any overrestored look for the woooden handle, just as I would for shovels or axes. And if really I had to paint them, for preservation purposes, I would chose a flat kind of clear wood preservative.

[The Fireman]

To all,

My choice is to leave the tire pump in its original color and the original gray paint is in very good shape. However, if the pump was army od and in the same condition, I would do the same thing, leave it in its original army od color.

If the paint was in poor shape, I would paint it USMC green.

For what it is worth,

Frank

[fredjc1]

This Walker tire pump looked to have some of the original OD finish on it. I coated it with a paint preservative (Owatrol Oil - I think this is called Penetrol in USA) which just keeps it in its original condition. I cleaned the wood with wire wool and turpentine then used teak oil to help preserve it.
Picture shows the colour is very much like the flat OD on my jeep.



All the best
Fred

[vj]

i found a tire pump today for 7 dollars,s , not sure if ww2 but it got us- qmc on flang. bottom is 305502 or 82 can not read for some rust. also f is stamp on bottom , it,s was gray , the hose has a wire release at the end for the fitting, one fitting on a chain, but the one that screw,s on the tube is gone. so is this a ww2 for a jeep or not sure so any help is needed, i do thank you. wendell watson

[Jon]

It could be 305592, and you may find that the foot pad is slightly shorter in length than the usual Walker pump.
At the price you paid, it's a bargain, and usable.
See pic below.....Hope it helps.

JR

[Jonathan]

Where do the Dalton Foundries pumps fit in to all of this?
Was the nut that held the leather seal in place painted Forrest Green, OD, cadmium plated or natural?
I'm sorry.....I'll go home now.

[lucakiki]

Jonathan, it much depends on what we are talking about.
One thing is stock pumps, and one thing is USMC pumps.
My opinion, that many seem to share, is that pumps delivered new in USMC color would be painted following the standard factory procedure.
Mark Tombleson's Walkers is a perfect exemple.
Of course, pumps repainted ( or supposedly repainted)by the USMC in undisclosed times could have been done in whichever way they felt to do it.
As for Dalton Foundry pumps, I only have one , ORD marked,which has led a busy service life, and rolled around as the mythical Silver Dollar.
I do not know how mint Dalton Foundry standard pumps would look, and I ignore whether or not they were supplied to Willys. Apparently the cap on mine was painted, but really I could not tell whether the paint remnants are original.
Same as above could be said for those pumps with just a N in a circle.
The one I have is QMC marked, and I know very little about it.

[lucakiki]

Reviving this thread because WJOHN , who is currently restoring his Walker pump, might find it useful.
After all, it is not such an old thread!