Corollary to Murphy's Law: "Every task shall expand so as to completely consume the time allotted for its completion."
In other words, I had hoped to have the wheel “rebuilt” by yesterday, but here they are, done today. The Silca was a recent Craigslist buy. It leaked badly at the chuck. Cleaned the fittings up, and greased the seals. It works like a champ now!
I went looking for downtube levers at the co-op one day, last spring. I dug through two 5 gallon buckets worth, and not a single pair of braze ons. Then, when checking out with another item, I spotted these SunTour specimens sitting randomly on the counter. The only pair of braze ons in the shop and they cost a whole $2!
The co-op closed when the state went shelter in place last March, and sadly, its still closed.