Found this vise for $50 on CL he didnt know anything about it and only has this one picture. Does it look to be complete? Its the only one listed right now and want to get it before its gone if it looks to be decent.

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Looks to be an old one with the mortis and tenon mount bracket. Looks like the wedge to hold it and the spring was replaced with a large cotter pin but that's not a big deal. Hard to tell the condition of the bolt plate. Any way to find out the condition of the screw? Looks like the jaws have been notched as well. If it's not far check it out and check that it functions and the screw is in good shape and that the jaws meet up.  Take cash and haggle a little based on the condition. If the screw  and box are good there isn't much else that can't be fixed or stop it from working. 

In my opinion I would be interested around that price. 

Its not to far away i will see if i can go check it out today. thanks for info!

I generally buy them incomplete as that lowers the price and making a mounting bracket and spring is a trivial task for a Saturday morning.  What you want to examine carefully is the wear or damage to the screw and screwbox.  Everything else is generally fixable with a welder or forge.  Good price for that area I'd jump on it!

Screw box has a small piece missing but the vise seems to function properly

Seen far worse for the money.. Probably want to clean out that grease and switch to a light oil. The grease attracts....everything really. Gets full of filings and whatnot and clogs/wears the screw box.

Would atf fluid work?

I like a light machine oil, touched up occasionally. I tried grease, and just like the curmudgeons said, it clogged up on me. I think a heavier oil would probably stay longer, but have similar problems. Besides, atf fluid is stinky.

Took it apart and dipped it in the etank to remove all the rust and it looks alot better than it did in the previous pictures. 

Man! That etank did a fantastic job on cleaning it up! I've got a vise that's pretty badly rusted; might try that approach. Just need to find a large tank.

I had to flip the side with the leg to get it all cause it was so long so that side took 2 dips. And now all the old paint,scale, and rust is gone. Rubbed it down with boiled linseed oil after each part was completed

Thats my temporary tank just a regular storage bin and it has worked awesome so far

Could you explain what is in this tank that took off all the rust? Some sort of chemical? 

"electrolytic derusting"   a little washing soda added to plain water and a battery charger are the active ingrediants

a container with water and some washing soda and 2 electrodes ( make sure they dont touch each other ),

try it with 2 rusty nails, connect one to + and the other to - on a small dc supply, one will have tiny bubbles form on it and the rust will come off this one and will head to the other nail.

this scaled up can derust anvils and it can also be used to age metal and give it deep pitting, try it

 Just a tablespoon of washing soda per gallon of water will do.....enjoy                Dave