Our latest Pacific Marine Fire Engine

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Gruber Bros.
It looks like something to do with air. The dust cap is removed at the top to reveal a thread, and I think the oily bit at the bottom is a connector of some sought. It has a gauge on the right, but on this one the glass is warped and opaque and I haven't been able to get it out yet. All I can read is "Made in England", and the left end of the scale starts with "15". Has anyone seen it before, and if it is some sought of air regulator, what would be driven with it?

Hi Ben,

That is the tyre inflator filter housing, most British wartime trucks were fitted with them, but not all had the guage, which was often on the inflator hose. The cap at the top should pull off and the inflator hose screws on. Inside the housing is a fabric filter. The housing is coupled direct ot the outlet on the tyre pump cylinder head.