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Help me identify this gascolator

It does look like an Usher. Here are the o-rings and screens:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/ep/gascolators/usher.php

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az_gila said:
More like the older style Vans gascolators with a crimped on bottom piece.

https://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/gascolator.pdf

But, did they ever come in red anodizing though?

Made by Usher maybe?
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Thank you - it does have the fluted bottom, and it is red. I'll have to count the flutes to see if it needs to be replaced (if the company is still in business.) I didn't build this aircraft, and it was completed in 2000. No notation in the logbooks about the gascolator.
 
I suspect the screen and o-ring I linked will work regardless of the vintage of your gascolator (if you decide to keep it). The machined head of each of these appear to be quite similar.
 
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Talked to Usher today, and it is indeed their gascolator - and it is the 10 fluted design that was recalled. So they are sending me a new spun bowl. It's going to be a designer / one-of-a-kind gascolator because the upper feed side is red, and the bowl will be blue. They don't remember manufacturing it in red, so the theory is that the original builder had it anodized. Here are the pix I sent to Usher for ID:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k226vgpkwsa4l7m/IMG_0947.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6z7ls1h8q9o6l6/IMG_0948.png?dl=0

Thanks to everyone for their help, and alerting me to a recalled device.
 
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