South bend apron felt wick kerosene

I'm in the process of rebuilding/restoring a 9a under mount drive model. It was made in the early 50's best I can tell. I've now taken apart everything but the apron, and all the original felts were there. But - quite a few were black and hard as rocks, and some didn't still extend to the end of their passages where they deliver oil.

I'm glad I'm replacing all of mine throughout the lathe given what I've found. Oh, and the Illion rebuild manual and the felt kits make this a MUCH easier job.
 
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