Hi peeps,
So I haven't run the VMC 40 in a while (2-3 months) and I went to the garage this weekend to change out the coolant and run the axis and spindle to relubricate the ways and bearings. The issue I experienced is the oil for the Mist Lubricator is not flowing (drips in the sight glass) as they did before. It is getting pressure and there is oil in the reservior. It was pretty cold (~25-30 degrees) in the garage at the time and for the past week or so (polar vortex...yea that) in Maryland. Not sure if the cold weather would cause the oiler to contract enough to stop it from working or the oil too viscous to flow or what. It probably needs to be rebuilt/refreshed as I don't know if maintainance on the oier was ever performed by the previous owner.
Besides the oil flow issue, there is no literature for an oiler this old. However, it does seem like the design probably has not changed very much over the decades. The only thing that seems to have been changed is the reservior. This is the current version (http://www.bijurdelimon.com/fileadmi...ator_DS-R4.pdf). I will send an email to Bijur to see if the parts are interchangable.
Lastly, I took the solenoid piece off the top of the oiler and come to find out, the solenoid isnt actually connected to anything. Is this correct??? The only thing I can think of is it is used as a pressure switch when the coil (part #2 on the above PDF) is activated. But that sort of doesnt make sense because one should just use a pressure switch not a solenoid, right? I don't know.
Thanks for anyone that has insight into this. Thanks