Joseph Evans & Son, Lion Leo Pump 1954 Restoration

Righty, picked this little beggar up the other day, the idea for the short term for it to run off the wd8 (until I have a better idea).
A bit of a rare one really, not masses of info around and can't find many photos of others like it on the net, did find this though and there is an original advert for it as well.
HERE


Work is well under way.
First thing I found was that the crank bearings were buggered the next was that someone had decided grease was a better substitute for clean gasket surfaces (it leaked like a sieve). At this point I decided a full strip was needed.

As she arrived:



Primary investigation:



Gutted crank case:







New bearings:





Pump strip:



if anyone see's my bench please give me a clue where to find it



Gland repacked:



New gaskets cut and back together:



and she pumps, which is nice. Next step will be to take apart again and take her to get shot blasted before throwing any paint at it.

Wow Andy that was quick work, you must of need a few ciggies to get it finished so quick.

Great work but you've missed putting the video link up

Stu.

I bought one of those LEO pumps last year but haven't seen it for a while, I guess that it will be either in one of the garages or the shed. Mine is very rough, I did weigh the electric motor in for scrap though so got some of my £10 back that I paid for it off ebay, and my neighbour was supposed to be getting me some new brass springs for it as the old ones had rotted away, will have to dig the thing out sometime and give it the works but there are many other projects to tackle first.

Pete.

stationary stu wrote:Wow Andy that was quick work, you must of need a few ciggies to get it finished so quick.

Great work but you've missed putting the video link up

Stu.

not really Stu, only scratched the surface

no video yet as I have not had her running off the engine, (no belt as yet) only turned over by hand, nice steady flow though

Foden wrote:I bought one of those LEO pumps last year but haven't seen it for a while, I guess that it will be either in one of the garages or the shed. Mine is very rough, I did weigh the electric motor in for scrap though so got some of my £10 back that I paid for it off ebay, and my neighbour was supposed to be getting me some new brass springs for it as the old ones had rotted away, will have to dig the thing out sometime and give it the works but there are many other projects to tackle first.

Pete.

get it out and going, its interesting if you do a google image search for climax pump, lister pump then leo pump.....

I guess that I could sort it out earlier than planned and put other things on the back burner! My mate has one and it pumps nicely so I suppose another at a rally wont hurt haha, mine was used as a milk transfer pump in a dairy so is well clogged with stale milk but apart from new springs shouldn't take much doing.

Pete.

Ebay photograph of the pump!

Foden wrote:I guess that I could sort it out earlier than planned and put other things on the back burner! My mate has one and it pumps nicely so I suppose another at a rally wont hurt haha, mine was used as a milk transfer pump in a dairy so is well clogged with stale milk but apart from new springs shouldn't take much doing.

Pete.

Ebay photograph of the pump!

someone really got thier money's worth on that belt as well

Andy good excuses just chain smoke and get it sorted same way you did the Wolseley

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Andy good excuses just chain smoke and get it sorted same way you did the Wolseley

Stu.

lol, went out for a few smokes tonight

have stripped it down again for paint prep:



obviously not going to paint the conrod but here it is lol



and the pump head (the nasty wet mess on the floor is all the crap that came off it):

All looking good Andy, what colour are you going to paint it?

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:All looking good Andy, what colour are you going to paint it?

Stu.

I'll give you one guess.........
Clue: I already have it on the shelf

little progress today, primer on:

You were too slow Stu, Mid Brunswick again

Now there's a suprise looking good Andy.

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Now there's a suprise looking good Andy.

Stu.

I'm under strict orders to use what I have

Oh like that is it!!! We know the score now

Stu.

a little progress:





still got to put it on a stand, and source a small half barrel to fill with water, but its not come out too bad for now, may be having a crank up at my dads this weekend so it may get a little test/vid if that happens

thats come up very nice Andy , pat on your back .

I have got a nice half barrel but sorry no im keeping it ... Its for my dairy display . Had to make it from scratch .

Matt

Cracking job Andy, fingers crossed it sees some action soon so we can see it working on video.

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Cracking job Andy, fingers crossed it sees some action soon so we can see it working on video.

Stu.

Ah, yes, well, had a crank up at dads today, had some teething issues with the belting we did get it to stay on long enough to for the pump to prime and loads of water flowed which was great, for the 30 seconds before it jumped off again Have a solution, will post further outcomes

the pump is looking great mate
all in the lining up the pulleys and tension mate
or you could just try and "BELT IT ONE" but it will probable still miss behave and jump off
kev

kevjhnsn wrote:the pump is looking great mate
all in the lining up the pulleys and tension mate
or you could just try and "BELT IT ONE" but it will probable still miss behave and jump off
kev

lol, yeah, first off because the pulley was completely flat the belt was running all over the show, we whipped the pulley off rounded the face on the lathe to give a center high point for the belt to follow, this helped loads, but the pump was moving and the belt then flying off as a consequence. next job will be to put it on a proper base (maybe with 2 wheels) and an adjustable brace between it and the engine trolley.

blackvanman wrote:

kevjhnsn wrote:the pump is looking great mate
all in the lining up the pulleys and tension mate
or you could just try and "BELT IT ONE" but it will probable still miss behave and jump off
kev

lol, yeah, first off because the pulley was completely flat the belt was running all over the show, we whipped the pulley off rounded the face on the lathe to give a center high point for the belt to follow, this helped loads, but the pump was moving and the belt then flying off as a consequence. next job will be to put it on a proper base (maybe with 2 wheels) and an adjustable brace between it and the engine trolley.

that sounds like a plan i would do as pumps arnt very hevy and the irregular forces to turn on over deams a weighty anker to stop the buggers moving
one of mine has a 4 wheeled trolley and a on board "gas tank " i mean 10 gallon water butt ,and i still have to peg and chock the wheels to stop the lot walking to the engine
kev

Andy you need to have it fastened down mate, peg it into the grond to stop it moving, same with the engine, see if that helps.

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Andy you need to have it fastened down mate, peg it into the grond to stop it moving, same with the engine, see if that helps.

Stu.

Hard to do on concrete

Poor excuse Andy, well how about a if you ratchet strap them to trees or posts etc.

Stu.