[GreenKeys] 15 selector adjustment

[John, W9DDD]

Thanks to those who responded earlier.

I think that I solved the issue.

Originally this printer did nothing.  I traced that to gummed up 
linkages that lurk behind the range scale.  I pulled that off and freed 
it up.  I thought I used enough oil on it at the time.

I was frustrated by not having the proper scales to go through the 
righteous adjustment procedure  As I thought about it, I thought go back 
to the area that was troublesome originally.  I decided pulling the 
range scale off was a low cost adventure.  So I did remove it and just 
exercised it manually for several minutes. Even though it appeared OK, I 
gave it some more oil (perhaps hitting some previously overlooked 
spots?).  I kept exercising all the pivoting places again for perhaps 5 
minutes. This seems to have fixed the problem.  No more random errors 
and now have 60 between the low (40) and high (100) ends of the range 
setting. It has sat 36 hours between operations and started up 
perfectly.  Previously holding the space bar down would give several 
errors over the length of line.  A RY tape would get out of synch and 
print random trash.

Only time will tell if it's fixed for sure, but I'm encouraged by the 
drastic improvement.

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The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
John, W9DDD

On 2/14/2022 1:24 PM, John, W9DDD wrote:
> Happy Monday, or as the XYL likes to say Happy Valentines day.
>
> I'm on the verge of calling it good on a 15.  But, it seems that upon 
> cold start it has errors.  After warm up things good.
>
> I looked at the code chart and deduced that the selector clutch needs 
> a bit more tension.
>
> Using https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/572-006-700-6412.pdf as 
> my bible.
>
> I got about a 1/4 turn on that capstan nut in the direction indicated 
> in the instructions.  Things got worse.
>
> I was hoping for a simple fix since I have no scales to do it right.
>