Incredible as it may seem, I have finally started the re-assembly of the
Stratasys head! I'm sure many have been wondering if I'd ever get it
fixed...
I drilled out the constriction and then ran a bunch of pipe cleaners
through the hot end with Mothers mag polish, followed by rinsing off the
polish and running a clean pipe cleaner through once more. A flashlight
shining in one end now shows a bright bore with only a few dark spots
(scratches or really adhered crud, perhaps).
I then very carefully attached the only remaining inlet buffer I have (a
Vespel one), and managed to snake the heater coil back over it. I put
the solenoid paddle mount back on, and wound the thermocouple probe back
around the nozzle side, then wrapped the woven glass wrap back around
the whole unit. Next will be the aluminum foil wrap, and then I can
work on getting the hotend back into the head itself.