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Need some ideas for Ferret F70N saving

Shelbylex

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I to restore/save old Ferret 70N

It was not holding position well and the direction level would not move easily. I took it apart and noted that the original grease became almost rock consistency.
I actually used a small knife and a screwdriver to start cleaning the gear wheel and the area. I did not remove the pawl as it needs to be punched out and I am afraid I might damage something. Tried to clean around with the pick. A lot of gunk came out, but some is still left.
What would you soak the parts in to clean it?
I have some WD40, PB Blaster, Evaporust... Was hoping to see if it will move better and possibly work well once all the caked grease will be cleaned out.
 

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ATF sounds like a good idea to me, too. When you get that working, it will be a nice 1945 wartime example. Here is mine marked 1944 along with the rest of the Ferret set.
-Don
 

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Gas, Diesel ,Kerosene . Be careful and do not remove parts if not necessary. On my Ferret, I replaced the bushing and barely gave it one more light tap and the whole top broke off. There must have been a micro crack in it. I was able to repair it to good working condition by solidering the broken piece back in. You can barely tell .
 
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Thank you, Oldtuleguy, d42jeep and johninct! I will pick up some ATF this weekend. I did a little bit more cleaning and it started working better. I hope ATF will help release all the dry grease which is behind pawl (I will not remove it given the advice)
Don, thank you for sharing the images, nice set!!!
 
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I would like to thank everybody once again!
I took it out from the ATF today, cleaned, put some superlube in and put together.
I decided to go with the two black non-original screws (one was missing on it and I decided to have both in the same color and used new ones)

It's unbelievably smooth now!!!
 

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I would like to thank everybody once again!
I took it out from the ATF today, cleaned, put some superlube in and put together.
I decided to go with the two black non-original screws (one was missing on it and I decided to have both in the same color and used new ones)

It's unbelievably smooth now!!!
It turned out great!

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