No luck.
It's still stuck. I don't think penetrating oil is the answer either.
I've detailed cleaned the body. Removing the oil down the leg and around the wringer, The grease and gunk in the castors. Tons of animal hair in the castors. This was most likely used in a horse barn for blankets ect. Very common here in the west. having horses and cows most of my life the hair is easy to recognize.
Repainted chips in paint and deep scratches. Using evaporative cooling 1/2 the summer could have caused rusting to start. Cleaned a polished the leg extensions.
Worked 3 days to clean and polish the inner tub.
The gryator has been stuck for some time there are screwdriver scratches from prior attempts to remove it. Found those after removing about 1/8 inch of oxidation. It was nasty.
next idea is to drill thru the top portion of the gryator and place a pull rope and use the previous method of the make shift puller. While running the machine. Thought being that more DIRECT pulling force at the CENTER may be affective.
I am concerned about putting that much force on the shaft center plate bolts p/u ect.
Thoughts on that.
The tub isn't going to be perfect but better. these are in progress photos. There are serious scratches on the lower side of the crown. But not much iron damage on the inside of the tub. Must have had good soft water.
Did 4 loads yesterday, no drips or leaks. Fairly quiet. Only popped the wringer once. Cargo shorts
I have to invest in Tide. Kirkland or cosco dry detergent isn't good for the aluminum.
