Repairing Antique Barber Chair Leaking Oil

Google it and you can wade through the 56K results.

thanks for nothing.

Dear "thanks for nothing",

There is a certain amount of 'impatience' around here with those who not do 'basic research'.

If you search 'barber chair' in 'Search this Forum' - just there to the right of screen - you should find at least 3 threads on the topic of restoring/fixing them.

You have not really give us much to go on. Do you honestly expect a complete and correct remedy with the information provided?

If you will indulge me, I would like to modify your question and see what you think:

I have an antique Paidar barber chair Ohio class nuclear submarine in my hair salon ocean that is leaking oil water from under the base into boomer tube #3. I have not owned the chair submarine long and the chair sub works well otherwise. How do I fix the leak?

Bloodline, have you any useful suggestions?

Try chewing gum, Doorman. But not bubble gum, as it tends to not be as sticky. I'm thinking spearmint. Or watch Das Boot for ideas. (Sub-titled German version, though. The dubbed version sucks).

Color me skeptical, but that might not work. I will consider further,though.

Your suggestion made me think... I tried to google

http://www.google.com/search?q=ohio+class+submarine+leak+boomer+tube&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7

and there are about 420,000 hits! Wow, I didn't think there were so many leaky subs out there! Maybe Google sometimes returns other than useful sites?

Oh, I forgot: Das Boot is a GREAT film... I have not seen the dubbed version. The book is better (I must admit, I had to read the English translation. I did not have two years to read the German).

Don't let Andy here you say that

One would assume that you might need a new seal if you want the leak to stop. Take it apart, and see if you or a mechanically inclined friend can reproduce the seal from whatever material it's made of, or try contacting Parker O-Rings for a replacement if its an o-ring, or find the Paidar company to send you a new seal, if they are still in business.

Perhaps it's an overflow hole that is just getting rid of extra oil that was put in from the last owner before you bought it.

If none of that works, remove some of the oil and as a last resort, remove all the oil and deal with a squeaky chair, unless you can use a different type of lubricant.

If you're lucky, maybe a hose or tube fitting simply worked loose. It not that, then you probably have to disassemble the cylinder. It could be either the rod seal, if any, or the piston seal. I don't know how an older style would be constructed.