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I probably should have started a rebuild thread for this 9a I'm restoring. This is about the 4th or 5th thread I've started with questions I couldn't find an answer for using my Google-fu....
Almost done with all the disassembly of components, paint stripping, cleaning, inspecting, repainting - and now starting to reassemble things. I thought I'd start with this seemingly innocent reverse tumbler mechanism. I had a bit of a struggle with one of the felt wicks when I removed the old ones, and in the process noted that a couple of the wicks are about 2 inches long, stuffed all the way through the small round cross drilled passages. There are 7 or 8 wicks in this one little unit itself, and plenty more to come in the gearbox, headstock etc....
Is there some trick or easy way to reinsert the new wicks in these long small diameter passages, without cussing and stomping around the garage?
(maybe it will be easier than I think, but several of the old ones in various places didn't want to come out easily.....)
Almost done with all the disassembly of components, paint stripping, cleaning, inspecting, repainting - and now starting to reassemble things. I thought I'd start with this seemingly innocent reverse tumbler mechanism. I had a bit of a struggle with one of the felt wicks when I removed the old ones, and in the process noted that a couple of the wicks are about 2 inches long, stuffed all the way through the small round cross drilled passages. There are 7 or 8 wicks in this one little unit itself, and plenty more to come in the gearbox, headstock etc....
Is there some trick or easy way to reinsert the new wicks in these long small diameter passages, without cussing and stomping around the garage?
(maybe it will be easier than I think, but several of the old ones in various places didn't want to come out easily.....)