There are two chambers an upper and a lower.
Koken barber chair hydraulic fluid.
Fill this chair with chair with hydraulic jack oil that you can get at any auto parts store.
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Another reason why these barber chairs are well known is the fact this company was the first to add hydraulic pump to be used for lifting the entire chair.
Not much needed to get the chair working properly.
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Whether it s a koken emil j.
The barber chair s hydraulic system may have also deteriorated over time.
You can probably use the same stuff that is used for a garage floor jack.
Makes it shine and it needs less cleaning that way.
If the chair is very old and you are going to do some restoration you might as well take it apart and clean all the old oil out and start fresh.
When the barber selects the chair to go up the fluid from the top is forced through.
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In most cases the chair has to be taken apart cleaned and re oiled.
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In the 1890 s ernest koken had already began working on his hydraulic lift for koken barber chairs.
Old barber chairs often use hydraulic cylinders like the machinery used in heavy equipment.
This next bit may sound a bit screwy.
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Maybe today this doesn t sound impressive but back in the 1900s this was a groundbreaking innovation.
If the chair is all the way down the fluid is in the upper chamber.
In some instances the fix can be as simple as putting fresh hydraulic fluid.
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