My intention is to get it to working not a resto. I may even wind up reworking some of the controls with current day electrical controls. If I get it to work reliability without any modifications that is my first priority but if not I will be back at the well seeking knowledge.
The power switch works now that I cleaned it. It is the cannon plug that I will be trying to locate. Just a source for the plug. I can get one with more pins if needed be and just re use the old wire or buy new wire.
You are certainly correct about the Mud dauber. I have done plenty of research on Mud Daubers due to all the damage and money they have cost me over the years. Mud Daubers are attracted to Two things. Water (for nest building mud) and Spiders (for food) And then you ask what attracts Spiders? Other Insects do, especially those that fly, everything from mosquitoes on up in size. To avoid Mud Dauber destruction, I built an insect proof room inside my shop for some of my smaller machine tools. After 3 electric motors on one air compressor at $200 each I went to war on these little Mud turds. When I can on single phase motors, I cover the air intakes with screen wire. Keep all tools like paint guns and drills etc. inside an old refrigerator or bug proof boxes. BTW my east property line is in the center of an irrigation canal and on the West is a creek. So, they have plenty of water. I have the outdoor lighting on poles to prevent thieves. (and to attract flying insects lol) I have been visited by thieves before and they stole almost all of my 30-year collection of tools. The little bastards have even built mud nest inside my truck air-conditioning vents with the doors closed and windows rolled up. I guess they may have crawled thru the A/C vents or some old bold holes in the floor. You would think chemicals like oil and gasoline would repel them, but they filled the spout of my 5-gallon gas can with mud and it was full of gasoline. I may take a garden pump up sprayer with water and Boric acid and spray any nest and walls they are attached to this spring. And for the record the welding machine was inside my shop and for the last 2 years inside my house. The bastards have even gotten into my house and build nest inside the house. So, I guess you could say I am a Veteran Combat Expert when it comes to Mud Daubers. Did you know the Black ones do not build their own nest but use the vacant nest of the brown ones. The Black ones only eat the Black Widow Spiders.It looks like it was left out in the elements for a while. That looks like the work of mud daubers to me
which are notorious for plugging up orifices on pitot tubes on aircraft and any other crevice they can wreak havoc on.
I can't see any serious damage in the photos particularly but a good cleaning and inspection is in order.
The tubes for the motor feed could easily be plugged up and needing your attention. View attachment 475499
Mud daubers are a wasp of solitary nature and they kill a spider and lay en egg it and then cover it
with mud. Over time the egg hatches out into another adult mud dauber.
I would go over the machine carefully and look for evidence of mud anywhere. It doesn't have to
be be a lot of mud either as they could easily get into potentiometers or other electronics do their work.
Tubes plugged by mud daubers can generally be cleaned out by running a wire or similar through the
tube a few times to dislodge the mud and the developing egg or pupa.
Edit: Just in case you are worrying that you could get stung while doing your cleaning, there is
nothing to worry about since there will be no adult wasps in that dried mud.
