Mrcrankyface
Plastic
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2018
Hello!
I recently acquired this beauty:
A 2HL Universal from 1947 I think(serial 44-5580)
Not sure of it's history but it has all dials in millimeter and mostly Swedish signs on it but also some Finnish.
The seller had it powered up and all feeds, speeds, fast travel and such seems to work.
He did recommend changing oil ASAP and fixing some places that are leaking(mostly around the column oil gauge).
Anyhow, my question here is regarding the oil change.
The manual strongly advises flushing the oil out with kerosene, this is however difficult/expensive to get ahold of around here. Is there any other substance I could use?
I've read around and seen people claim to use both gas, diesel and a mix of both to replace kerosene but I didn't want to take a complete shot in the dark on this.
As a second issue, the saddle nut seems to be twisting sideways(rotation in the Z axis/plane) and the saddle itself also has a very slight twist along with this. I suspect the gib isn't tight enough and thus letting the saddle rotate a bit when being pushed in/out by the screw but the nut twisting must be a seperate issue as well?
Both screws holding the gib in seem to be quite stuck and I'm not sure if I dare apply heat to loosen them?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
I recently acquired this beauty:
A 2HL Universal from 1947 I think(serial 44-5580)
Not sure of it's history but it has all dials in millimeter and mostly Swedish signs on it but also some Finnish.
The seller had it powered up and all feeds, speeds, fast travel and such seems to work.
He did recommend changing oil ASAP and fixing some places that are leaking(mostly around the column oil gauge).
Anyhow, my question here is regarding the oil change.
The manual strongly advises flushing the oil out with kerosene, this is however difficult/expensive to get ahold of around here. Is there any other substance I could use?
I've read around and seen people claim to use both gas, diesel and a mix of both to replace kerosene but I didn't want to take a complete shot in the dark on this.
As a second issue, the saddle nut seems to be twisting sideways(rotation in the Z axis/plane) and the saddle itself also has a very slight twist along with this. I suspect the gib isn't tight enough and thus letting the saddle rotate a bit when being pushed in/out by the screw but the nut twisting must be a seperate issue as well?
Both screws holding the gib in seem to be quite stuck and I'm not sure if I dare apply heat to loosen them?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!