[GreenKeys] More troubleshooting help requested: CR/LF combination

[Pete Lancashire]

Here's one of the better pictures of the oil holes in a 15 mainshaft

(attached p85.pdf)

It is from a very good scan of TM 11-2215 Teletypewriters TT-5/FG and
TT-6/FG (Teletype Model 15)

https://archive.org/details/TM_11_2215_Teletypewriter_TT_5_FG_Model_15

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
wrote:

> As said by Wayne ... congealed grease or oil...
>
> I would be concerned with this, specially with the main shaft and the way
> it lubricates from being hollow and 'leaks' oil
> as needed.
>
> Both I and another list member have seen the result of what happens when
> things freeze to it, not nice.
>
> From you description of the M15 I would seriously consider thinking about
> tearing it down and rebuilding.
>
> Here's what a list member went through
>
> http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,43672.0.html
>
> -pete
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Wayne Durkee <teletypeparts at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Jordan,
>>
>>
>> I'm not a 15 guy now although I have worked on them in the past while at
>> WU.  On many TTY's now the problem is often congealed grease or oil.  I see
>> it all the time on 33's.  Its not alway enough to lube the sticking part.
>> Sometimes you have to clean with solvent first to remove the residue.
>>
>>
>> I use "Spruce Up" from Sid Harvey store.  They sell heating stuff and
>> furnaces.  I have a fairly new furnace that came from them.
>>
>>
>> The Spruce Up will melt plastics so be careful.  You might ask on GK what
>> other use.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> KB1FDW
>>
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