Hi
I was given a chopsaw recently , I believe a Hitachi. It belonged to a tenant of a friend of mine who did not pay his rent. My friend got several tools from the gentleman in payment. Two chopsaws, so he kept the better one, and offered me this one.
It works fine; I have used it a couple of afternoons' worth of work, but...
This machine was left out in the rain. The blade was a rusted up nightmare, and I'm wondering how bad the internal guts, the motor, etc., fared. You can see rust on the internal parts looking through the vent holes in the housing.
Is there a way to lubricate the motor? I can't find any oil holes or anything of the sort. I have even contemplated just spraying penetrating oil like PB Blaster into every opening, vent, etc. Directly on the motor, etc. The only reason I haven't is because I don't know what that will do, and if I were to plug it in and try to operate it before the oil has evaporated, I'm thinking I might get electrical shorts or even fire for my troubles.
Is there anything you might do in my situation?
Thanks.