[GreenKeys] Need two springs 180031 for ASR33 keyboard

Charles charlesmorris at hughes.net
Mon May 14 20:31:01 EDT 2007


After a year-long hiatus (too many projects, not enough time), I'm
finally getting back to work on my "basket-case" ASR-33. It was
literally a pile of parts in a box when I acquired it, and quite a
few tiny parts had disappeared.

Anyhow, my keyboard puts out garbage. With quite a bit of
head-scratching and peering through a magnifying glass I finally
discovered that the entire contact block was loose in the
right-side keyboard frame. Upon careful reading of the 33 service
manual and parts catalogs it appears that the "Compression
Springs" 180031 are entirely missing. That would explain both the
loose block and consequent garbage, since the contact blades can
then move with respect to the contact wires...

As far as I can tell, two 180031 are required (the Adjustments
refers to a Front and Rear Compression Spring), although the parts
catalog only shows one.

I'll be at Dayton this weekend. Anyone heading there with these
springs?

thanks
Charles


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