Well it only took a little over three years,but I was able to acquire all the 50 year old original Wayne 511 ground plumbing & blending components that were removed from my pump long before I found it,as well as give everything a thorough cleaning and remove the foul smell.
I refused to blast or repaint ANYTHING,as I wanted everything to be natural and authentic as it originally was.I had to be finicky and pass on components that were too far gone or badly beaten up.I had to spray each component down with oven cleaner and bake it in the oven to get the heavy varnish and residue stains off.Then wipe down very rigoursly with a light thinner & clean the mounting areas and threads to be sure all went back together just as smooth.It is one marvelously constructed engineering design that 50 years ago musta seemed Hi-tech.I am in awe of the way these were put together,and who/how they did it.My knuckles are all scraped and cut from reaching into those tight areas,but I think the results were worth it.
Now the entire pump weighs in at just over 500lbs.in these pics and could still pump a liquid today if I asked it to.The tolerances between the pipe connections are pure & true and able to withstand the psi.I even rigged up the electrical junctions to accept again.
This is the cabinet empty as I showed earlier..
Here it is today,fully loaded,detailed,cleaned & complete.
