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                                                                   Exhibit 4(f)




                                AMENDMENT NO. 3
                                       TO
                            THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY
                   INDIVIDUAL PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN
                (As Amended and Restated as of January 1, 1987)
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                 The Gorman-Rupp Company, an Ohio corporation, hereby adopts
this Amendment No. 3 to The Gorman-Rupp Company Individual Profit Sharing
Retirement Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 1987 (the "Plan").

                                   Section 1
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                 Effective as of August 1, 1992, Section 4.6 of the Plan is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                 "4.6  ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYER MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.  (1)
Each Employer's Matching Contribution made in respect of a calendar quarter
pursuant to Section 4.2(2) shall, subject to the provisions of Articles V and
XVI, be allocated and credited to the Account of each Employee of the Employer
for whom Before-Tax Contributions were made during such calendar quarter, and
who is both a Member and an Eligible Employee on the last day of such calendar
quarter, with each such Employee being credited with a portion of such
Employer's Employer Matching Contribution equal to 20% of the first 2% of
Before-Tax Contributions and 10% of the next 4% of Before-Tax Contributions
made for him pursuant to Section 3.1 during such calendar quarter.

                 (2)  Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section,
in the event that a Member's employment with the