Who wants to help me modify my nipple greaser? :0

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Sorry if this is in the wrong place I really couldn't think where it would fit. Bit like my nipples.... Alright, alright! I'll stop.
Recently bought an old drill, trying to cover all the bases a bit too early, I got myself a connex gun which seemed to have good reviews, not too cheap, not too expensive, a tube of the right gear to put in it and some hydraulic oil after doing some fascinating reading on gear oil and modern equivalents... :|
Being a bit of a div, it didn't occur to me then that the old drill wouldn't have a metric nipple. In fact the drill has no nipple of any sort. Or any Metric measurements. Yes. I know. But according to research it should have a BSF 1/4" hydraulic nipple. Spent an hour or three scouting round the web for various missing BSF screws, grub hex bits and all sorts to replace the missing bits on my machine. Learnt some stuff so that's nice. Mostly that BSF stands for British Standard Fine and certain bits are pretty rare and therefore a bit dear for a couple of screws you chiseling E Bay B*******s! Anyway. Before SunnyBob turns up again and reminds me that he told me so (£23 odd quid on bits Bob. Yes I know. Thanks. Go for a long swim in your pool mate ;) ) can anyone point me in the direction of an adaptor that will make this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Connex-COX5913 ... B001BAY8ZQ

fit this:

http://www.building-supplies-online.co. ... gIBT_D_BwE

I've been looking I really have but I'm starting to lose the will to live.

Sorry for the weird and random post.
Cheers as always for any help.
Chris.

(Mods, if you can think of a better place, apologies and feel free to move this!)

(Edit. I have never bought a pack of 10 tiny pretty rusty imperial hex grub screws before for over a fiver before. Refurbing the screws for the refurb... wtf.)
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lumatic-HF4-H ... 1446630520
second link, it's just a bog standard bit I think.

No skills, that's not a bad idea but actually the nipple is easy to get hold of. Pennies. It's the other fittings that are rarer. I suppose it's a good idea in a way but it's probably above my skill level to do it for the machine as a whole. Really I'm talking about not having the four candles type shop available anymore. So I end up buying 10 when I only need 2. That sort of thing. I was actually surprised I got hold of all the stuff fairly easily on ebay, albeit a little more than I would want to pay in an ideal world. Bought the drill for just over £130 so if I can get it working for under 200 I still reckon I'm well on top. Mind you I havent opened the gear box up yet. \:D/
 
Cheers Phil. I'll take another look tomorrow. Appreciate the effort. I'm just after knowing if there is a cheap adaptor I can fit to my gun really. I've seen adaptor sets but they are aimed at a different market from me. I'm off to bed. It can wait. Thanks all for the help so far.
Regards
Chris
 
Hello Chris,
This is what I use for older machines.
Merlin
 

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Thanks very much Merlin. Much appreciated.
Regards
Chris
 
Lol Bob. Was waiting for you to turn up mate. :-$

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(With the possible exception of not buying an old brass grease gun for a fiver off eBay first... )
 
phil.p":c2bgzsnz said:
Have a look at http://shop.hle.co.uk/shop/ - at least you'll know what you're looking for. The gun I used to have had a pointed end so it just pushed the ball in the nipple in rather than clamped over the whole nipple.
I want to know what the image results were when you put nipple shop in search bar! :D :D
 

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