Hi All,
I am a new Model 15 owner, and am currently going through
the machine trying to get it working to spec and receiving
correctly. I have some spare parts already ordered from Paul @
RTTY Electronics, but have some issues I need some help with.
I have cleaned most of the bad grease and oil out of and
off of the unit, I removed the main drive shaft last night,
disassembled and cleaned everything and reinstalled in
the machine but I am plagued by a problem. When running using
the Mike Douglas converter and the itty stream, I get
intermittent typing speeds when characters come through. It is
steady for a few seconds and I get readable copy, but then it
slows down and almost stalls (it was stalling and slipping the
drive gear until I aligned the motor shaft and drive gears) I
thought a good cleaning of the main drive shaft would help,
but it still slows down and does not get good copy.
My question is: What else should I look to adjust? The army
manual I received with this unit does not have a good
troubleshooting section and is fairly hard to find stuff in
(It helped me remove and rebuild the main shaft however!)
Could it be a bad motor, or is there an adjustment I am
missing? Some torque setting or clearance somewhere?
Thanks in advance, I hope to get this unit up and running to
use online with the itty feed and also with RTTY on the air.
Thanks!
Steve
KB0WSV