[GreenKeys] AN/UGC-74B Ribbon Revival

[Doug Alderdice]

At 03:42 PM 10/27/2007 -0400, Larry Tighe wrote:
>A time ago there was discussion about ribbon revival.  Sorry to say, I 
>didn't pay attention.
>
>I have a AN/UGC-74B with a drying ribbon.  I opened the case and its a 
>very long closed loop.  Is there anything out there commercially that can 
>be dropped into that holder as a replacement?
>
>Someone mentioned WD-40 for ribbon revival....do you spray WD-40 onto that 
>loop?  Is that a short time fix?  Ideally, a bottle of ribbon ink but, 
>that's too much to hope for.

In my experience the WD-40 trick is an extremely short time fix!  I tried 
the trick once with a Calculagraph ribbon and it worked great for about 
half a day and then dried up drier than it had been before the application 
of "the trick" leaving me with a completely useless ribbon.

I would advise, "proceed with caution" regarding the WD-40 rejuvination.

73,

Doug, KA2WFT