Big Bulbous Brass
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ToySoldier
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Based on the adapter type, adapters on both ends, and robust construction, I'd say it is an inline filter for a gas under pressure.
HistoryHippy
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Maybe an old fuel filter.
Bayoutalker
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EmuDetector
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Probably a filter off machinery, I can't remember working on an old vehicle where it would have been that big and brass. In the older trucks and cars I've worked on they tend to be smaller and usually made from glass with a cartridge filter inside or no filter at all (using gravity in the glass as the filter).
I found something about half that size once and it turned out to be a tractor grease cup, so maybe an old tractor part?
GLASSHOPPER1955
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EmuDetector
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Very well could be. Shops will usually have filters and dryers in the line to keep moisture from the tools. Could also be from some kind of a/c system line.
Voriax
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Am thinking it is a dryer for the gas in ac/freezer systems. These days they tend to be copper, at least in home use units..but industrial system might have bit more heavy duty one.
Voriax
Voriax
sezmo
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look up Inline filter/drier for refrigeration systems.
GLASSHOPPER1955
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Yeah when I first searched the location I found the usual (mostly broken) bottles and then bunches of rusted bottlecaps, then some metal pieces and the piece of the Sinclair globe. Then I realized it was an old gas station site which also had a house on the property as well. Other than the small dump, you cannot tell there was anything ever there it is so grown over. I did find a photo online from circa 1930s-40s showing part of the house but the gas station is out of the picture's view.
MacDiarmada
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I think it’s an expansion chamber. High pressure liquid enters, pressure drops, and the liquid becomes a gas.
GLASSHOPPER1955
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LOTS of good ideas! Thanks, Guys!
