[GreenKeys] Confused Typing Reperf Model 28D

[Larry Tighe]

Greg...STOP ALL RESEARCH!!!

It's fixed!  It was "backwards encryption" due to the wheel being on 
backwards from the factory.  The type wheel isn't keyed to the shaft and got 
put on backwards.  DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO DON HOUSE!!!  It wasn't punching 
backwards :>)...just printing figures instead of letters and visa versa.

Lar
K2JIA
www.antiquetelephone.com

>
> I believe that I have run into this problem a long long time ago in a 
> distant Teletype Shop, aboard a ship which now reposes at the bottom
> of the Atlantic.... Please be patient and allow me to examine my manuals 
> and reset my brain, which, at the moment is suffering from
> "senior distortion dropout" --hi---....
>
> Once I ck the manuals and orient myself, I should be able to come up with 
> the answer and fix for the problem (It will involve some
> disassembly and cleaning, followed by some retiming of the geartrain, so 
> be prepared for serious cussin' . I believe that the drive train
> to the typewheel has jumped a tooth or so, as has the geartrain to the 
> punches......there even may be broken gear teeth requiring replacement.
>
> Now, I could be 100% wrong, as I am troubleshooting this reperf without 
> even looking at it, so don't take my word at face value, but I still
> am gonna study the manual and reaquaint myself with the typing/punching 
> sequence and "What can go wrong".......Ya know these things rarely
> break, most of the time, they require only minimal maintenance, and that 
> on the punches themselves and cleaning of the typewheel which gets
> solidly clogged with ink residue.   Anyhow, It will give me a few happy 
> hours immersed in my M28ASR  manual, which includes the reperf
> unit......it will also give me a chance to reaquaint my mind with the 
> innards of said reperf after some years of inactivity --hi--
>
> Thanks for bringing this problem to the Greenkeys bunch, I enjoy a 
> challenge....
>
> 73 de Greg "GW" Moore WA3IVX/NNN0BVN
> who never let a teletype go without a fight!!!!!