To Anyone Still Interested in This Restoration-
Well, I sprayed the on/off/reverse/speed switch with that electronics cleaning spray.
Strong stuff. It blasted through every nook & cranny leaving it as clean as a whistle before instantly evaporating. It seems like a pretty good product, generally speaking, just not so much for this particular switch, as it left it locked-up, solid as a rock.
I don’t fault the cleaner though. After drilling the rivets and popping it open, I found it to be a rather strange switching mechanism. It’s impossible to describe, so see for yourself.
I worked a little synthetic oil in between those sliding... whatcha-muhjiggers, and let it sit overnight.
Now it seems to be working as well as it ever did, which I suspect was never the responsive pop & click one might expect, but rather more of a sludgy submission to one’s selection. Whatever.
Moving on to the timer transplant. I kinda feel like I’m putting Keith Richard’s liver in 12yr old here.
I sprayed the plug’s screws with WD40 and left it overnight. They came out pretty easily, revealing the fact that I finally needed to break down and order a soldering iron.
While waiting for that, I checked the timer mechanism over and found it to be fairly well stuck solid.
I opened it, pulled the movement out and oiled it, jiggled it, played with the gears, and got nothing.
I see some rust on a couple gear pins. I do not want to take apart the movement and have to figure out how to put it all back together. Forget that. I’m as deep into this rabbit hole as I intend to go.
So I sprayed it with WD40 and put it down for the night.
I’ll see where we are later today.
My paints came already, so once I’m done playing with this timer (one way- or the other
) I’ll be moving on to touching up chips, then polishing.
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