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Some advice on the Kuhnhausen shop manual:
The manual was written as a training AID, to be used in conjunction with the instructors direction, and he figured the students would be smart enough to really study the manual.
For these reasons, he doesn't hit you between the eyes with important data. You have to actually study the manual closely and catch the critical information yourself.
Many people give the manual a fast read and complain that their specific problem isn't clearly addressed.
It is, but it's not obvious.
Remember that the old Colt action is one in which every part has at least two totally separate functions, and the entire action is interrelated. Other brands of guns are mostly composed of parts that perform one function and that function isn't really related to any other.
Your specific problem could be somewhere totally unexpected or even unsuspected.
Be very aware at all times that if you change something "here", something that seems to not be related happens "over there".
And last, remember that one of the every first rules of gunsmithing is to be 100% certain of the actual problem and the fix before altering anything.
It's common for Colt's to be taken to a non-Colt qualified gunsmith only to have it come back with other problems because the 'smith altered something without really understanding what he was doing.
The old Colt action can be very frustrating to work on, and frustration can easily lead to altering something in the blind hope that that will fix the problem. When it doesn't, you've just started digging a hole that can ruin a good gun.
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