SteveBerl
Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2014
- Location
- Northern California, USA
I've got a 1962 Monarch 10EE. There are 3 oil compartments in the upper part of the headstock. One on each end that seem to oil the spindle bearings, and one in the middle that oils the stuff in the middle (feed/thread selector?). The layout is like the one in the picture in this thread.
Using the picture in the above mentioned thread for reference, my problem is that oil seems to be leaking from the rear spindle bearing chamber (sight glass marked F in the picture) into the middle chamber (sight glass marked A in the image).
If I get the oil levels set in the sight glasses, then go away for a week, F is down almost to nothing visible in the glass, and A is overflowing so that the glass is completely full.
Any thoughts on what could cause this sort of leakage? How hard might it be to repair?
Is it terrible to run with the middle chamber (glass A) overfilled? Will that break anything?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Using the picture in the above mentioned thread for reference, my problem is that oil seems to be leaking from the rear spindle bearing chamber (sight glass marked F in the picture) into the middle chamber (sight glass marked A in the image).
If I get the oil levels set in the sight glasses, then go away for a week, F is down almost to nothing visible in the glass, and A is overflowing so that the glass is completely full.
Any thoughts on what could cause this sort of leakage? How hard might it be to repair?
Is it terrible to run with the middle chamber (glass A) overfilled? Will that break anything?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.