[GreenKeys] 80 Col nirvana

[Roy Morgan]

At 07:23 AM 2/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Anyway, the kerosene bath worked wonders in loosening up
>a lot of stiff joints. ...  after sitting overnight it was stuck again. So 
>more
>liquid wrench and therapy and now that's operating correctly.

Chuck,

You may suspect the use of WD-40 on your machine in times past.

I had to force one sleeve bearing apart by wedging with a jack knife blade 
to get the hopelessly stuck bearing freed up in my M-15.  (The previous 
owner had told me he'd "used WD-40 to keep it all working well")

This particular bearing was at the bottom rear of the machine, near the 
bottom of the vertical carriage advance shaft, and had to do with the 
carriage return or letters-figs function, I think.

Roy

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