[GreenKeys] TT-98D Restored

[rl.boltz at mhsdesign.com]

Another Kleinschmidt has been restored to operating condition, and it is a
TT-98D model.  It will be used on the weekly MMRCG Saturday RTTY net in
place of my TT-4A.  This is about the 10th Kleinschmidt machine of various
models and vintages I have restored.  The "D" model was the last, I believe,
mechanical machine Kleinschmidt, by then SCM, manufactured.  The date code
is 1967.  First, remove the  machine from its base, warm up the unit with a
heat gun and spray degreaser to soften and remove all the hard grease and
sticky oil.  New power cord and repair the motor governor.  Found a spring
laying on the base and had no clue where it came from until we powered it
up, after a complete lube.   It went into permanent carriage return so that
narrowed down where the spring came from.  It was on the carriage return
latch.  Had to order a 12 inch skinny needle nose to reach down in there to
put the spring back on.  How that came off is a mystery but glad it was in
the base.  New ribbon, strip and paint the cover, set the bias and motor
speed and she's running 100%.

 

Ron Boltz

K3TZJ

 

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