[AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Tue Jun 5 04:27:36 PDT 2012


Rick I don't have a way to post the pictures to the list.  I sent them 
directly to you.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Strobel
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 6:07 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump

Can you post a picture, Charlie?  I have a small one that I think is Goulds.

RickinMt.












----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump


> If you can figure out how to contact Gould's your doing better than I can.
> Gould's is not Gould's any more.  Sure they make pumps under the Gould's
> name but those are all
> industrial type pumps and a few high end deep well pumps.  There is 
> another
> company that bought what used to be the old Gould's well pumps.  It took 
> me
> for ever to get
> the modern Gould's on the phone and they quickly cut me off after giving 
> me
> a number to call for the other outfit.   When I call the other outfit all 
> I
> get is a recording.
> I don't remember now, it might be two divisions of the same company but I
> think it's different companies.  Either way, neither of them is 
> interesting
> in talking to someone
> about a 65 year old pump.  I'm willing to bet they have the information 
> and
> maybe even the parts but I gave up on trying to contact them.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Recentjester at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 8:19 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump
>
> Charlie, Goulds can't help yah?
>
>
> In a message dated 6/4/2012 6:58:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> charliehill at embarqmail.com writes:
>
> I need  some help with this.  I have a Goulds model CID 35, 1940's or 50's
> vintage piston type well pump that I want to restore.
> I need some  parts  but have about given up on finding a pump for parts or
> the  parts themselves so now I'm considering
> making the parts but it's been 30  years since I've seen the part I need 
> to
> make and I just don't remember  what it looks like.
> I've searched online every way I can think to do it but  can't find a
> thing.
> I need to see a parts breakdown for the drive  end,
> or the oily end of the pump.  I'm missing the connecting rod that  pushes
> the
> pump plunger.  If I could see a fairly good picture
> of  the original part I actually think I could make one from an automotive
> connecting rod with a bit of machine work.
>
> Does anyone here know  how to search the library of congress for  parts
> manuals?  I  went to their web site but I can't figure out
> how to do it.  If anyone  has a lead on someone who might have the parts
> that
> would help too.   Someone gave me the name of
> Jack Weldon and his phone and e-mail.  I  e-mailed him and never got a
> reply.
> I finally called him after a couple of  weeks.  Someone
> took my message and he eventually called me  back.  He was a very nice
> older
> gentleman and as helpful as he could  be.  He apologized
> for not seeing my e-mail.  He asked for some  pertinent information and
> pictures.  I told him I'd send pictures the  next day and I did but
> again I never got a reply to my e-mail.  He  told me he wasn't very good
> with
> computers.  He's got an AOL account  and I suspect my mail
> might be going to a spam account.  I need to  call him again but kind of
> hate
> to bother him.  Apparently he's about  the only person
> out there that still has parts for old pumps.
>
> Thanks  for any help or advice anyone here can give me.
>
> Charlie
>
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