19 Apr
2019
19 Apr
'19
3:46 p.m.
Yesterday I rescued a Sun 3/260 that had been sitting in an open barn
for years. It had been "running when parked" a dozen years ago.? It
seems to have been covered by a tarp, but otherwise unprotected. All
things considered, it doesn't look that bad but it is pretty rough.
Any pointers on things that I should and shouldn't do as I start trying
to bring it back to life?
alan
19 Apr
19 Apr
4:05 p.m.
complete disassembly, don't be afraid to use soap and water (dry well)
before you start with the chemical cleaning agents. Replace the battery,
check for battery leakage.(but I doubt you'll find any). The rubber parts
and drive belt if present may need to replaced.
Bill
On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 3:46 PM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Yesterday I rescued a Sun 3/260 that had been sitting in an open barn
for years. It had been "running when parked" a dozen years ago. It
seems to have been covered by a tarp, but otherwise unprotected. All
things considered, it doesn't look that bad but it is pretty rough.
Any pointers on things that I should and shouldn't do as I start trying
to bring it back to life?
alan
4:44 p.m.
On 4/19/19 12:46 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
Yesterday I rescued a Sun 3/260 that had been sitting in an open barn
for years. It had been "running when parked" a dozen years ago.? It
seems to have been covered by a tarp, but otherwise unprotected. All
things considered, it doesn't look that bad but it is pretty rough.
Any pointers on things that I should and shouldn't do as I start trying
to bring it back to life?
Disassemble it outside preferable while wearing globes and let the
vermin escape.
No kidding.quite a few years ago, I was chatting with a poor fellow who
was rehabilitating a bit of kit that was stored in his garage loft.
When he opened it, he discovered a nest of brown recluse spiders, one of
which bit him. Sidelined him for awhile.
--Chuck
4:48 p.m.
On 4/19/19 2:44 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
When he opened it, he discovered a nest of brown
recluse spiders, one
of which bit him. Sidelined him for awhile.
I prefer starting projects like that very early in the year. When most
critters will not have survived hard / prolonged freezes during the winter.
Or at least open them up and get obvious unpleasant things like that out
of the way. Then wait until the weather warms up. }:-)
--
Grant. . . .
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