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Help identify this pump, please | Petroliana1046 of 1636 |  |  |
Posted 2 years ago
Jim16
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I found this in a garage. I can't see much more of it and want to see if anyone can identify it by what we see in the pictures. I'm going to return and try to see more of it.
Thanks, in advance, if anyone can help identify it.
JIM
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Judging from the top alone, I think it is a Wayne 615. Does anyone else have any thoughts? I know we cannot see much yet.
Might be a Fry May West
I posted some more pictures. Unfortunately, the glass has two large cracks in it. One of the pictures shows a data plate, but I'm not convinved that it is the proper plate judging by the screw and holes visible in the picture. I still think it looks like a Wayne, but I don't know enough to be sure. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks,
JIM
Vizo,was made by the Boyle Dayton Pump Co. and was bought out by Wayne so they would have a west coast plant. So this is simply a vizo made by boyle daton. However it is identical to the wayne 615 and most the parts interchange.