So in comes a Calcutta 400D; locked up and the level wind is actually displaced into the RH sideplate. Something has come adrift, and I reckon I know what… Carnage had ensued as the plate worked it’s way around the sidecover and took out the LW idler gear and the AR pawl. The hole in […]

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Magoil is NOT a lifetime product, it will degrade over time (maybe 3-5yrs in ideal conditions) and eventually turns into a rusty mess. This is due to it’s ingredients: it is basically some derivative of magnetite (which rusts almost instantly when immersed in salt water) coated with a surfactant (to prevent the magnetic particles from […]

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