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<\/a><\/p>\nThe tracker bar, in situ, seen from above. The nipples are all reinforced with a thick shellac, covered with old cloth strips. Cosmetically it is unsightly, but the shellac does serve the purpose of fortifying the nipples. You can remove it, but you really, REALLY don\u2019t want to damage the nipples in the process. \u00a0A combination of solvents and heat (not too hot with the gun setting!) should do the job.<\/p>\n
Another shot showing work in progress. The rubber from the tubing had cured on the brass nipples, meaning they were on there really good. Again, a solvent (I used Varsol, some swear by gasoline!), utility knife (to slice along tubing stubs), small needle nose pliers and a wire brush to finish up is what I used in this instance.<\/p>\n Opening up the valve chambers:<\/p>\n Stripping down the pump. The white squares are old gaskets made of blotter paper. It made for relatively easy removal of the various valve boxes.<\/p>\n In this action the governor is not attached directly to pump trunk, but mounted underneath the keybed. For a large person like me, this involves making yourself into a small pretzel to reach the screws for the mounting brackets, in order to extract this peripheral device.<\/p>\n I will show more specific steps in further posts!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are some photos of teardown highlights. To reiterate my point from one of the earliest posts: take many photos! Digital storage space should not be an issue (even high quality pics don\u2019t need to be more than a MB each), so get yourself some cloud storage and start clicking! What\u2019s nice about this player … Continue reading Player teardown: highlights<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>