Hi Pals,
got into reg repairs and went to ebay to acquire some skill-honing objects.
The attached picture was advertised as MK10, but I decided it is an MK5 due to the conical shape of the IP body. 10€ further down the road, I had a service kit and started disassembly.
There is no corrosion, no excessive damage whatsoever, all O-Rings were lubed quite nicely - just a few scratches here and there. The attached pictures show some around the piston head area (IP chamber <> piston head o-ring), that I tried to polish, using 2400 grit sandpaper.
The knife-edge looks sharp af under my cheap usb-microscope, so no polishing on that side.
Before I assemble it, I would like to check with the gurus on this board two things
1.) Anything you can see in the pictures that makes this 1st-stage dangerous? I tried to figure if there are parts that absolutely need to be replaced according to SP, besides the O-Rings within the service kit, I threw away all O-Rings. New HP-seat - thats about it (old one was blue).
2.) All the schematics available to me displaying a MK5 look different. In particular: Those 3 rods, inserted into the body to press down the ring holding the spring in place. That thing I cannot find in the schematics as well.
3.) I tried to scratch the turret bolt with a SS pick, to no avail - so I assume it is SS aswell, which is the only thing I should be replacing, according to my research.
Any clues what kind of 1st that is? I figured there were at least 4 different MK5 versions, but I seem to be unable to differentiate those - besides that none, imho, use that big spring-holding ring, which should be an exchangeable shim from what I understand.
Cheers for your help!
Sam
got into reg repairs and went to ebay to acquire some skill-honing objects.
The attached picture was advertised as MK10, but I decided it is an MK5 due to the conical shape of the IP body. 10€ further down the road, I had a service kit and started disassembly.
There is no corrosion, no excessive damage whatsoever, all O-Rings were lubed quite nicely - just a few scratches here and there. The attached pictures show some around the piston head area (IP chamber <> piston head o-ring), that I tried to polish, using 2400 grit sandpaper.
The knife-edge looks sharp af under my cheap usb-microscope, so no polishing on that side.
Before I assemble it, I would like to check with the gurus on this board two things
1.) Anything you can see in the pictures that makes this 1st-stage dangerous? I tried to figure if there are parts that absolutely need to be replaced according to SP, besides the O-Rings within the service kit, I threw away all O-Rings. New HP-seat - thats about it (old one was blue).
2.) All the schematics available to me displaying a MK5 look different. In particular: Those 3 rods, inserted into the body to press down the ring holding the spring in place. That thing I cannot find in the schematics as well.
3.) I tried to scratch the turret bolt with a SS pick, to no avail - so I assume it is SS aswell, which is the only thing I should be replacing, according to my research.
Any clues what kind of 1st that is? I figured there were at least 4 different MK5 versions, but I seem to be unable to differentiate those - besides that none, imho, use that big spring-holding ring, which should be an exchangeable shim from what I understand.
Cheers for your help!
Sam
