Simplex Railway Jack Fixed & Explained

Bought an antique 100+ yr old Simplex Railway Jack that wouldn’t ratchet down, cleaned out a bunch of rust, hit it with PB Blaster, freed the springs & linkages and got it working again

[@nicklawrence3900]

👌mint, just scored two of these.

[@JamesThomas-gg6il]

Heck yeah put her back to work. Old tools like old guns, doesnt mean they cant do the job.

[@patdexter9188]

I have an 85A it doesn't ratchet properly. Missing parts or just stuck not sure. And by the way. At 02:07 I seen an orb come out of your work bench! Chk it out! It's not dust or a bug.

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

Lmfao that orb definitely stole my 10mm!

[@patdexter9188]

Ha! I have them to. Might be all my labs hanging out with me. Always have had one with me since I was a kid. Blacks and yellows.

[@rustybloodsaltysoul8640]

@@patdexter9188 i think you hit the nail on the head correlating your dog's with the orbs, believe it or not one of our bulldogs passed away in the corner of the garage during a bad thunder/lightning storm, never thought twice about it till you just said that. Will be nice to know the dogs spirit is hanging around and its not just my eyes suffering from welders flash like usual lol

[@patdexter9188]

Thats cool that you figured that out! I bet it is him. We had one come back a week later. Jumped up on the bed after we had layed down. I didn't say anything to my wife till the next morning. She said yes I felt him to. After that I've seen him a few times and feel him around all the time. It opened a door for me and have seen quite abit of different things over the years. I've seen orbs leave elk after being shot but only on video. For some reason there hard to pickup without a camera.

[@patdexter9188]

Back to the old jack. Do you know how to get a parts book and parts for my 85A?

[@jamestargo8138]

Where are you from I have a couple of these

[@anthonyvandyke5108]

Hello I have one of these and am rebuilding all the parts and I'm having trouble getting the pivoting arm out

[@obfuscated3090]

Ask Simplex, they are still in business. www.tksimplex.com/en-sx