Regecon wrote:Thank you for the very interesting comments. I have a 16 inch wrench which you will see in the picture. It fit perfectly around the end nut and with about three wacks, I was able to loosen the nut. Upon loosening the nut, I poured out the fluid into a white container. You can see how dirty the fluid is as there is only about 1/2 inch of fluid. I tilted the white container so you could see the difference. It does not smell. I am now ready to take the arm off the top but it appears that a long pin is holding it in. It does not have a head on it and so I cannot attach a wrench to it. In other words, it is a pin. Is there anything that I should do except hit it with a hammer?
Wow... where to begin--? Several things struck me as odd about your machine, based on what I've seen over several years:
A Cadet.
With black reel strips.
Adjustment screws for timing the reel stops and escalator.
An old-style pump casting without the "humpback" shunt gallery at the top.
Now, here you have removed the end-cap with little difficulty-- as if it's been done before-- and out comes a fluid that doesn't knock you unconscious with a single whiff.
I'm thinking your machine may have been worked-on in the past, and might even be an aggregate of parts from a variety of Caille models.
Please post a picture of the serial number from the cabinet: look to the rear edge of the base, handle side. Perhaps you'll also find a 3-digit number burned into the wood near the top casting on the handle side, too.
Many thanks for your postings-- this is really interesting!
Oh yeah, the pin that holds the crank to the shaft: that's a taper pin, and you ought to be able to tap it out if you knock it from the small end... no guarantees though, that's another evil thing.