I am working my way through the restoration of a neglected FP1 and first of all I wanted to say thank you for all the information posted here as well as the help I have received.
Unfortunately the saddle was packed with old, hardened grease. My saddle unit was produced before there was a reservoir and sight glass in the saddle. I am having a hard time removing the bevel gears and I am wondering if this is necessary? They appear to be in decent shape. I cleaned the bevel gear area, removed the plugs and am able to get the grease out of this area. Do the bevel gears need to come out for cleaning or is this enough? Since there isn’t an oil reservoir I don’t know if there are the same oil metering apertures above the bevel gears. Any thoughts?
Secondly, I am replacing the oil wicks throughout the machine with candle wick material suggested here. The oil reservoir at the top of the central column (behind the long horizontal, cylindrical gear) has several wicks. These lead to the next lowest set of spindle drive gears as well as small piping for the chain drive sprockets. With around 2” of wick in these pipes the reservoir drains through the pipes pretty quickly. Does anyone know how much wick should be inside these pipes? I can’t imagine the sprockets need much oil.
Thanks in advance,
John
Unfortunately the saddle was packed with old, hardened grease. My saddle unit was produced before there was a reservoir and sight glass in the saddle. I am having a hard time removing the bevel gears and I am wondering if this is necessary? They appear to be in decent shape. I cleaned the bevel gear area, removed the plugs and am able to get the grease out of this area. Do the bevel gears need to come out for cleaning or is this enough? Since there isn’t an oil reservoir I don’t know if there are the same oil metering apertures above the bevel gears. Any thoughts?
Secondly, I am replacing the oil wicks throughout the machine with candle wick material suggested here. The oil reservoir at the top of the central column (behind the long horizontal, cylindrical gear) has several wicks. These lead to the next lowest set of spindle drive gears as well as small piping for the chain drive sprockets. With around 2” of wick in these pipes the reservoir drains through the pipes pretty quickly. Does anyone know how much wick should be inside these pipes? I can’t imagine the sprockets need much oil.
Thanks in advance,
John