Martin,sounds like you didn't clean the filter in 15 years.Also sounds like you have an attachment to the little sucker.Pour an epoxy block around it and have it as a conversation piece of a friend who passed away.Time for E-bay.
Vacuum pumps can be touchy.My 1Hp pump is not to be shipped with oil as upon startup the vanes will break.Rotating the pump manually will place the oil where it should be.Keep this in mind if getting a pump on E-bay.
larry
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