[GreenKeys] Model 28ASR

[Larry Tighe]

Many thanks to Mike for the free Model 28ASR....today was the big day for 
the old machine,

The cabinet arrived back from the body shop this past week with a new coat 
of Bell System green paint.  The cabinet had to be washed out several times 
to get rid of many years grease and oil accumulation before painting. Put 
all the stainless and hardware back on her weeknights.

Drenched all the mechanical parts in electronic parts cleaner until they 
came up like-new clean. Got rid of all the old oil and grease.  I'm using 
lithium grease instead of the old type brown stuff.  Every felt is 
soaked/drenched in 30 weight oil....installed many new felts.

Today, down converted her to 60 WPM on the printer and the TC....haven't 
found the reperferator gears for 60 WPM yet.  It was a 100 WPM machine.

Took off all the sproket feed nonsense and converted the printer to standard 
friction feed.  This sproket feed was unusually narrow and couldn't use the 
standard sproket fed paper.

I hooked up the magnets in parallel, bypassing the electrical service unit 
for now, and connected the printer to a 28KSR.....to my amazement, it prints 
perfectly!

Tomorrow, I search out the keyboard contacts and TD contacts.  I think I'll 
just sit here for a few hours, do nothing, and admire this handsome machine. 
I'm finding 28's can be addictive!!

Thanks Mike and all the folks who post so much info on this list.

Lar
K2JIA

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