[GreenKeys] 80 Col nirvana

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:12:34 -0600

More cleaning tips....

There is a gun cleaning product called "Break Free" that I have used on the
Teletype machinery. I use it, then blast the machinery with a solvent-free
brake cleaning spray and then follow up with kerosene.  Works great, just
keep all this stuff away from the magnets. 

I also use just kerosene.  Depends on my mood and resources.

73's
Gary WA0NDN
NNNN

At 07:23 AM 2/15/02 -0500, cswiger wrote:
>maybe not 'nirvana', more like 7th heaven, but not quite
>cloud 9 yet.
>
>Anyway, the kerosene bath worked wonders in loosening up
>a lot of stiff joints. A few type bars were still stiff
>but some liquid wrench and therapy cured that.  After a
>jiffy lube, testing shows everything basically works, but
>with persistant spaceing issues. Everything got an extra
>space; print a character, extra space. LTRS, FIGS, BELL
>all caused the carridge to space, even C/R.  Gave up
>intending to look closer at the SP function bar the next day
>When I flicked it on this AM the carridge just smoothly ran
>from left to right. In THAT condition we were able to finger
>the space gear trip level and found it quite stuck - I guess
>after the kerosene it was loose enough to let several spaces
>pass, but after sitting overnight it was stuck again. So more
>liquid wrench and therapy and now that's operating correctly.
>
>Hopefully I can do a more thorough lube in time for tonights
>QST.
>
>	Chuck
>	kb4new
>	[email protected]
>
>
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