Seized up Lyman 6 turret press.

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Diesel fuel works pretty good and is a lot cheaper than stuff put into little cans for the job. The cast iron frame, steel ram shouldn’t be too hard to separate. I would stay away from much impact shock though, they are not the most robust casting I have come across.
 
^ True about ATF and acetone and some say it's better than Kroil.....but acetone can also remove paint. I quickly found that out when trying to degrease a Lyman powder measure.
 
Put it in a bin and have been hitting it with WD-40 at every joint and moving surface every three or four hours. Mounted it late yesterday and tried the lever and then the lever with some gentle taps with a 45 oz dead fall. Nothing. Haven't checked it this morning. Time to put some more WD-40 on it. I'm thinking about maybe buying a gallon of Kroll or Marvel (My step father swore by Marvel Mystery Oil) and just dumping it in the bin and laying the press "face down" and letting it soak for several day. Will one of those plastic shoe box bins be ok for putting the Kroll or Marvel in? I'm starting to get just a bit anxious about this. I took stock of our ammo supply last night and we're down to about 10 Garand stripper clips and almost nothing for my Enfield. I use the Lyman for all our rifle loads. At least I can start working on the .357 and the 9mm on the lee loadmaster as soon as I get a replacement case slider. Let this be a Lesson. NEVER store your reloading supplies in a unheated shed for 5 years. I've been taking a close look at the hinges/linkages on the bottom of the ram where the leaver is. I think I can pop the rings off without loosing them and then just have the ram free from the lever. See if that makes it any easier.

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That I have sitting around too. Just checked it and gave it a few taps and still nothing. On top of that I broke the case slider for the Lee Loadmaster and it took me an hour to find a replacement. It's amazing how many places said they didn't have it in stock and then you do a straight google for the part their site shows up with the part.
 
I'll admit that scares me a bit but I do have the gear for it. Part of the problem is I'm not sure quite which part is locked up. I'm guessing the ram but I've seen situations where something less obvious has been the problem many times (I worked in IT support for 40 years)
 
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I'll admit that scares me a bit but I do have the gear for it. Part of the problem is I'm not sure quite which part is locked up. I'm guessing the ram but I've seen situations where something less obvious has been the problem many times (I worked in IT support for 40 years)
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reloading is not over night man... 1 part at a time, one component at a time. And, it’s not for everyone and that perfectly OK...

is there sun were you are at?? soak in more wd-40 and leave it out in the sun to heat up
 
WD-40 aka fancified fish oil gums and hardens in time....maybe he was using that for lube. I learned that the hard way. Any lube is better than that. ATF and diesel and non fish based penetrating oil comes to mind.
 
Put a heat gun on the casting where the ram slides through. Casting should expand much more than the solid ram and free it up pretty quick.
 
Three cheers and a Tiger for all of you!!! She's now sliding like a well oiled tuna! Thank you all so very very very much for helping me with this. I couldn't have done it without you!

Next up. Figuring out what dies to use. I seem to have ended up with about 3 sets of dies for each caliber lol.

Captain Quack.
 
Captain Quack said:
Three cheers and a Tiger for all of you!!! She's now sliding like a well oiled tuna! Thank you all so very very very much for helping me with this. I couldn't have done it without you!

Next up. Figuring out what dies to use. I seem to have ended up with about 3 sets of dies for each caliber lol.

Captain Quack.
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Ok Captain... you really should strip it and get the old gunk out and add new gunk
 
That's already in the plan. Some are rusty and some of them are so badly scratched up I can't even read what caliber they are. Those I think can go to recycling. I started off with the less expensive dies then got into tungsten carbides is the reason I have so many. I found both turrets with the dies already in them for the .303 British and the '06 for her Garand for the Lyman so that's good to go. Now it's putting the Lee back together and starting on the .357 and 9mm. I am so looking forward to getting back into this. Again. Thank you all so very much for helping me with this.

Captain Quack.
 
Captain Quack said:
That's already in the plan. Some are rusty and some of them are so badly scratched up I can't even read what caliber they are. Those I think can go to recycling. I started off with the less expensive dies then got into tungsten carbides is the reason I have so many. I found both turrets with the dies already in them for the .303 British and the '06 for her Garand for the Lyman so that's good to go. Now it's putting the Lee back together and starting on the .357 and 9mm. I am so looking forward to getting back into this. Again. Thank you all so very much for helping me with this.

Captain Quack.
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don’t throw those dies away... Come On Man!

boil them in hot water and grease them up
 
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