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Hi kaba, Judging from the pictures you got a good deal. I have been busy with rebuilding my headstock, it looks harder than it is. The instructions that came with the new belts where good, and a helpful phone call to Bill Mayo made the job much easier. You may want to try the rebuild yourself I am g...

Also the top of the Harbor Freight bench may look thick but is only 3/4" that is a lip around the top that you see in the picture.

kaba,
Congratulations, the price seems good, with a little bit more money for parts and some cleaning and rebuilding on your part you will have a great machine that will give you good service for years.

Hi, I live in central Florida and redoing my 1981 SS with the same rust problem.DO NOT use naval jell or any product like that it turns the metal black so that it can be painted . I used wd-40, steel wool and emery cloth. It did leave some pits but that is just cosmetic. I than waxed and buffed the ...

Chuck,
I think you nailed it, that makes since to me BTW this are the original belts.
Thanks to everyone for their help.

Afternoon update; I put the 20 amp line in for the SS using #10 wire to a ceiling box and then a 4' #10 drop cord. It starts good in every speed range, but runs noise in the low range. Any suggestions as to what may be causing that? Thanks again for your previous help.

Thanks , for all of your suggestions. I was able to get the carriage moved this morning. I used a 8" long 2x2 and a mallet tapping on the carriage just above the rails in each direction until I finely got some movement. than cleaned the rails up and waxed them. Over the next few days I will put...

Hi this my first post on this forum. I bought my SS 500 new in 1981. About six years ago I had to put it and the rest of my tools in a storage shed when we moved into a townhouse. Anyway, even though it was covered with a tarp it still got rusty from a leaky roof an the high humidity here in Florida...