Wednesday the 28th another dry day so time to crack on.

New gasket paper arrived so made some correct thickness gasket for the scammel carburettor.

A quick look at the water valve pipe with my 24" adjustable spanner proved futile as the nuts started rounding as they have been under ground in soil for many decades, Will need to investigate large nut splitters or get the 7" disc cutter out when no visitors are around.

Had a look at the Morris cab where Greg has repaired the bottom of the drivers door but again forgot a photo.

Greg has cleaned and dried the carriage end connector tarpaulin so we could remove old repairs and see about some new ones

Greg had other business to attend to so I cracked on with the old lathe preservation

It is a question of removing a section at a time and either a light sandblast of machined areas and a clean of painted areas. So the 3 end gears got removed first along with the top engagement mechanisum

After cleaning treating with lanolin and refitting

The chuck assy came of easily and got the same treatment

However the front slide gear shaft was solid it took heat, then still hard impacts had no signs of movement it took some 24" stilsons and a lot of force to get the shaft to rotate a fraction.

it took another hour of de rusting with abrasive paper, oil and files with much application of the heat along with a  hammer and punch to get the large cog to move but finally it was off and the shaft was out so into the blast cabinet.

Reassembly was remarkably easy after the battle to strip it.

Now all together and treated with lanolin, so before and after together.