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Pete W.:
Hi there, all,

It's been quite a time since I last posted on this thread but here's a minor :update:

The gear-box installation instructions include one to shorten the lead-screw shield that's attached to the left-hand side of the saddle. I've looked back through this thread but I can't find where I mentioned the amount of shortening.

The thing is, Beeston Myford seem to have compiled the gear-box installation instructions on the basis that the lead-screw is all in one piece. However, many lead-screws, including mine, have a coupling just to the right of where the lead-screw emerges from the gear-box. This interferes with the lead-screw shield with the result that the saddle can't reach the edge of the gap, see photo:

(Sorry about the soft focus!)

So I guess I shall have to take it off and shorten it a bit more, probably by about another ⅝".

millwright:
well Pete apart from that little problem i take it its been a success then. i ended up reading the whole thread again.
well done.

John

krv3000:
hi its geting ther :thumbup:

Fergus OMore:
This NUTO32 thing? It's one of those famous old wive's things. Go out and buy ISO32 Hydraulic Oil which is -according to my informants- the same. In case you don't want 5 litres which is dead cheap and you can splash it about, you can buy a drop from Halfords etc for topping up High Bollock Jacks.

As for this SAE 30 stuff- who cares?

My Super7 box blew up- not because of the oil but because the previous owner used mahogany dust in a dry box. Cut 2 new gears and whatever and filled it with oil -oil. I think that it was multigrade but if you think about rationally, car oil changes its viscosity with heat. Myfords only heat up with discussion :poke:

Cheers

Norman

Pete W.:
Hi there, Norman,

I wrote 'Nuto H32' out of habit. I actually use ISO32 hydraulic oil which I buy, 5 litres at a time, from my friendly local agricultural engineers' suppliers. I've posted this on more forum threads than I can remember!

It's the same stuff that farmers use in those whizzy hydraulic gizmos on the back of their tractors (cue: Andrew!!!) and farmers don't like paying more than they have to!

(That's not a criticism - they're an example to us all!) :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

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