bradjacob
Titanium
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2008
- Location
- Easton, PA
** First off - I had NO plans on beginning this now (with a SB Pedestal grinder restoration in flight and also not to mention all the other little things in the shop that pop up). So tonight didn't go well at all. This was NOT supposed to happen this way.
I mistakingly removed the two screws that hold the internal oil pump to the main casting. Stupidly, I thought they were holes to mount an electrical box and that maybe the previous owner simply put some screws the holes. I can it all now in slow motion...
I removed them and then hear the pump as it slumped down inside - and then the pump "arm" must have come off or out of alignment. After some fussing around, I got the pump back on, but the arm still wasn't working properly - so when it ran, the oil wasn't pumping. Taking off a bolt here and there to try to get at the pump-arm, led to this:
So now, I'm thrust into a disassembly and ultimately a restoration that I didn't want to do (right at this time).
Here's some footage of it before my "forced" disassembly:
If anyone has experience in restoring one of these, I might need a little help with the disassembly.
This will be a long one, for sure.
I mistakingly removed the two screws that hold the internal oil pump to the main casting. Stupidly, I thought they were holes to mount an electrical box and that maybe the previous owner simply put some screws the holes. I can it all now in slow motion...
I removed them and then hear the pump as it slumped down inside - and then the pump "arm" must have come off or out of alignment. After some fussing around, I got the pump back on, but the arm still wasn't working properly - so when it ran, the oil wasn't pumping. Taking off a bolt here and there to try to get at the pump-arm, led to this:
So now, I'm thrust into a disassembly and ultimately a restoration that I didn't want to do (right at this time).
Here's some footage of it before my "forced" disassembly:
If anyone has experience in restoring one of these, I might need a little help with the disassembly.
This will be a long one, for sure.