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Got this from @Martin Hocking last year. The photo's Martin took, & a couple I took, of the before condition.
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This's the unit where I heated that adjuster nut, in the stove, to try & free it. Everything else I'd tried had failed. In a tobacco tin packed in wood ash, then wood piled atop the tin. Three small holes drilled in the lid to prevent any potential pressure buildup.
That followed by a session in the electrolysis vat freed it up, & had the added benefit of giving it a blacked finish.
That followed by a session in the electrolysis vat freed it up, & had the added benefit of giving it a blacked finish.
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No way was I refitting these Allen head screws in the loose wedge/gib, (so out of keeping with the unit),
so a delve in the drawers, & I luckily happened to find a couple of 3/16" BSF brass cheesehead screws, so those were cut to length & fitted.
so a delve in the drawers, & I luckily happened to find a couple of 3/16" BSF brass cheesehead screws, so those were cut to length & fitted.
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It took me years to find one of those and then several more years to buy one. Then it just sat in a box for several several more years and I can tell you it would have been several several several more years before it ever looked like that!
Well done Matt! You should be really pleased with yourself…have yourself a crunchie to celebrate!
Now I’d love to see it in use again anyone have a conrod in need of a new bearing?
Well done Matt! You should be really pleased with yourself…have yourself a crunchie to celebrate!
Now I’d love to see it in use again anyone have a conrod in need of a new bearing?
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