Recommissioning a 1962 ERKA T8 knitting machine.

The "Machine à tricoter ERKA T8" is a space era French knitting machine where you could knit a whole sweater in a couple of hours.... or not.
This machine was free, but also extremely dirty. I had to deep clean it and change all retaining joints. Also, the plastic covers of the loom have shrunk and bent the guides. I had to take them apart and modify them to make the machine work again smoothly.