Originally Posted by
miriam
If you have Tri-Flow oiled it, turned the machine every what way & given time out each turn, you may have to use heat on that little barrel, Amelia.
I don't have any tri-flow Miriam - it's actually not that easy to get in Australia. I have a friend who's into bikes who's getting me some. But I've been using isopropyl alcohol to de-gunge - and then, where necessary, WD-40, which I've then flushed away with more alcohol, before using clean sewing machine oil from my LSMG. The machine's been on most angles while I've been working on it, and I've had a hairdryer on it trying to get things moving. I guess I just don't understand how the mechanism works... like, what's in the barrel?? :P