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