My Lyman 450 sizer, which I bought new back in the 70's, is finally leaking lube so bad it is not usable. It is coming out of the seal on the bottom of the casting.
I just put a glop of Perma Gasket between the bottom of the casting and the hardboard piece of wood to which it is bolted. It is drying now so will try it tomorrow.
Frankly I am skeptical that this will work. The bottom of the casting is not exactly flat plus the steel cylinder(?) which fills the hole protrudes below the casting a 1/32" or so. So the surface of the sizer bottom and the piece of wood do not fit together as close as would be desirable. I tried to get enough Perma Gasket applied to fill the void but I am not even sure it will take the pressure.
Has anyone had experience fixing this better than what I am doing? What about sending it back to Lyman for repair?
Thank you for your thoughts
Keyhole