Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
. When I opened it up, this is what the internals looked like. Do you think flush and dribble would really clean this mess?
Admittedly, most would throw the above in the scrap metal bin, but the client wanted me to see what could be done. So I cleaned and removed as much of the dirt and corrosion as possible.
I agree with Bob. I've overhauled a few that looked this bad and much worse. So bad ( no residual lube, caked rust, desiccated lobster shells) that they seemed destined for the electric furnace. However I figured waddaell the FW was free so it cannot hurt to try. The internals cleaned up very nicely, only because I opened it up as Bob does. No 'flush and dribble' could have worked. After decades of abuse and neglect the pawls and the tooth ring looked new. Those FWs went back together easily and spin quite nicely. A couple are still in service and run quiet and true. The others are on standby.