Technical What’s this cool little box?

So I picked up this neat little cast aluminum box at the Turlock swap meet today.

Anyone know what it was originally used for? It has only one threaded inlet at the bottom and two clips to hold the completely removable top on.

 

Guessing.... an Oiler for a piece of machinery???





Bones

 

More photos, please.

 

That would be my guess also, maybe a chain oiler of some kind?

 

Here’s more pictures:

 

Salad oil......for salads?

 

That is the thing that fell off of the Tin Man. That if why he rusted up.

 

Above ground bowl pumps have that can on them for oil to oil the bearing at the pump shaft just as it goes in the well head, the can slides down on a V shaped bracket and has a valve with a glass sight tube to watch the oil drip.

 

Maybe it's Pandoras box?

 

Gravity feed with single outlet, slotted side bracket makes me think it just slips onto a mounting bracket.

 

It's a Dodge

 

No help here, but I sure want to see it once it's fully polished.