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    Posted: 23 Jun 2019 at 9:23am
This may be a dumb question, but does one use corn head grease in just a regular grease gun? I bought a tube of it and a new grease gun to fill a gearbox and I couldn't seem to get the gun to prime up and start pumping it out. Just wondering. Thanks.
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Air lock , seems every new grease gun I buy I have problems getting them going . The old pne i have had for 30 years works the best . Have newer one for marine grease for jet ski and I have another in my storage unit for my electric eel . I dread when they run out and need a new tube . Very hard to get them going with a new tube.
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What do you have to grease on an electric eel? Do you use the marine grease or dielectric?
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My Lincoln has a fitting near the hose you can loosen and let air out. Other times I have held it upside down, pull the rod back and forth while pumping it.
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Loosen the pump/handle end 4-5 turns and start greasing, when you feel resistance it is fully primed and you can spin the barrel back up and keep going as air is purged.
Some of the smaller corn head guns have a rotating handle on the end that you turn to inject the heavier grease. Never tried corn head grease in my regular guns, just use the old screw type that is likely 30+ years old.
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I use cornhead grease in reg guns.   spin the tube loose a few round and start pumping.  in rare cases, turn gun upside down and bang on the side of a would bench, but that's a rare circumstance!

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Originally posted by Dave in il Dave in il wrote:


What do you have to grease on an electric eel? Do you use the marine grease or dielectric?

I use regular grease on a bearing and a bushing on the sewer machine . I keep it in a storage unit closer to town so I keep a grease gun there . I use the marine grease on a jet ski I have. Don't like swapping tubes around so I have another grease gun for that one
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I used corn head grease in a grease gun. Put the whole tube in the gearbox on my rake, then changed it back to regular grease. Grease guns are a pain. I hate all of them. They work good for a little while, then the next thing you know nothing is coming out.
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For years we have used a Lincoln battery gun and I never had trouble with it. The batteries finally went bad a year or so ago and I replaced it with a Milwaukee 18V because we have converted to all Milwaukee battery tools. I think the worst trouble I’ve had with it was having to hold the trigger for about 10 cycles while it primed. I would recommend either gun if someone was considering one. Well worth the $$$
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If you own a hugger head you get accustomed to pumping corn head grease. I have a DeWalt cordless grease gun I run it through. I find cornhead grease more finicky than regular grease. We just slightly unscrew the cartridge to bleed out air.
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Originally posted by victoryallis victoryallis wrote:

If you own a hugger head you get accustomed to pumping corn head grease. I have a DeWalt cordless grease gun I run it through. I find cornhead grease more finicky than regular grease. We just slightly unscrew the cartridge to bleed out air.
 
You guys speak of corn head grease, is this a"generic" term of grease? We run a black 4/30 Gleaner head ourselves, but I was under the impression that C/H grease was a JD thing??
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Like Teflon or polytetrafluoroethylene. Ones brand name one is what it is.
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The generic term is thixotropic grease, IIRR...Wink
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John Deere and New Holland sell grease in tubes labeled "Cornhead Grease" just bought some last week at the NH place.
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JD developed it in 1970 to seal up leaks in boxes that would not hold 90 wt gear lube... Regular grease you use in equipment / bushings / pins is called NGLI #2 ... if you want a thinner grade of grease you buy #1............ Corn Head Grease is #0 ... it is thinner to the point that it will run... but thicker than 90-140 gear lube.
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Originally posted by FREEDGUY FREEDGUY wrote:

Originally posted by victoryallis victoryallis wrote:

If you own a hugger head you get accustomed to pumping corn head grease. I have a DeWalt cordless grease gun I run it through. I find cornhead grease more finicky than regular grease. We just slightly unscrew the cartridge to bleed out air.
 
You guys speak of corn head grease, is this a"generic" term of grease? We run a black 4/30 Gleaner head ourselves, but I was under the impression that C/H grease was a JD thing??


I used CNH grease because it’s the cheaper than Agco. Deere is even more speedy.
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Originally posted by victoryallis victoryallis wrote:

Originally posted by FREEDGUY FREEDGUY wrote:

Originally posted by victoryallis victoryallis wrote:

If you own a hugger head you get accustomed to pumping corn head grease. I have a DeWalt cordless grease gun I run it through. I find cornhead grease more finicky than regular grease. We just slightly unscrew the cartridge to bleed out air.
 
You guys speak of corn head grease, is this a"generic" term of grease? We run a black 4/30 Gleaner head ourselves, but I was under the impression that C/H grease was a JD thing??


I used CNH grease because it’s the cheaper than Agco. Deere is even more speedy.
 
I found a case (12) of JD grease on Ebay for $50.
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Pat, I'm very concerned about the welfare of your electric eel.  It seems cruel to keep it in a storage container.  Is it heated in the winter?  You wouldn't want it to freeze.  How you did you get a live eel from the ocean to Ill.?  And Why the Hell do you have an Electric Eel anyway???

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GREEN NEW EEL, silly man!!! All-electric renewable world, HERE WE COME!!! Why, I'm told it even powers next generation electric jetliners, two will do. And it replaces the need for coffee, that electricity-intensive climate-changing beverage of choice for millions - just grab on and you've got your jolt for the day.
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Am I the only one who pulls the rod out to the end so that the pusher is pulled out, then released, a few times?  Sure it's spring loaded, but pulling it out and letting it squeeze back down a few times seems to always move things around.  That always seems to get my gun pumping again.
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Hough, I do that, and / or, I bump the squeeze handle, hard, periodically as I'm screwing the top on, as well as hold down the bleeder fitting my gun has.  Bleeder fitting doesn't seem to do it by itself, but ever since I started bumping the handle, it is primed readily.
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