AZjeff
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Wonder if AutoMechanic knows what it is and ever used one? 
Seen in local thrift store
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Used it many times. Was so glad when bottles came out.
I'm 30 and think I've worked out what it's for.
Do you push it on an old oil can to give you a spout?
Do you push it on an old oil can to give you a spout?
I still have 2 of them from back in the day.
Quaker State metal cans worked best, I had a few Castrol 20W-50 paper cans collapse if I wasn't careful.
They were not the worst idea though.
Ha-ha, oil can spouts too have a cutting edge which needs to be sharp.
Anyone remember the TV commercial which featured the young gal saying, "No more messy cans"?
How much did plastic bottles and jugs increase cost?
I remember 1 gallon Quaker State cans. ("You get more for your money at Two Guys....")
After watching me pierce and flip a gallon can my father suggested buying the quart cans.
Anyone remember the TV commercial which featured the young gal saying, "No more messy cans"?
How much did plastic bottles and jugs increase cost?
I remember 1 gallon Quaker State cans. ("You get more for your money at Two Guys....")
After watching me pierce and flip a gallon can my father suggested buying the quart cans.
“Pay me now, or pay me later”, as the mechanic wipes his hands after installing a new Purolator filter and hopefully oil.
....of the correct amount.
Wasn't the brand Fram instead of Purolator?
AZjeff
$50 Site Donor 2023
I worked at an ARCO station in my teens and there were a number of these on the gas islands and in the bays. There was at least one dull one that would ruin your day by partially going in then crushing the can. I seem to remember the technique was to line it up and give it a quick firm stab. The owner was a salty old guy who you wouldn't dare tell one of the spouts was junk, kids just didn't know how to use it. Put in gas, clean windshield, check oil, that was the old days. Wonder how we knew what oil to use..
I am so old this what we used to dispense oil.......just kidding.
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AutoMechanic
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Yes that’s an oil spout lol. I’ve got a few with a bunch of old oil cans. I’m old school of course I know what it is haha.
Could have been, dunno.
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I kinda miss the old can and spout. I filled many an engine with those and it seems to me they were a bit easier to control the flow with one.
I remember seeing those in a Jupiter or Mars store when I was about 13 or 14, IIRC it was Oilzum brand. Now I just wrote this i realize it was more than 50 years ago.I am so old this what we used to dispense oil.......just kidding.
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