[GreenKeys] Minor problem with my Model 20

[Bill Buzbee]

Many thanks to all!
My Model 20 is back to flawless printing.  I first looked for oil in the
selector using Don's trick with the paper strips.  If there was any oil
there, it wasn't much.  Next I just used a can of compressed air on the
selector to get rid of any globs of the 30W oil, and then liberally applied
some 10W oil (just on the selector plates).  Worked like a charm - it's
running great now.

Thanks again,
...Bill

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM, <hunybuny at eskimo.com> wrote:

> My first model 15 was yellowish from oil and time.
>
> I doused it with several cans of engine gunk, loaded it into
> my red wagon, tied that to my bicycle, and rode to the gas station
> where they had a hot-hose and washed it down.
>
> I brought it home, dried it in the sun, and then sprayed it with
> 30W 'til it was soaked. Then I took an airhose to it to get rid of
> the excess oil
>
> The transformation was truly amazing!
>
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNNZCZC
>
> Jim Haynes wrote:
> > One man I knew, a professional freelance Teletype repairman, used
> > a soak in kerosene followed by standard oiling and greasing to
> > clean machines that had sat around for a while.  I don't know if
> > this was approved by Teletype.
> >
>
> --
> Tony J. Podrasky | "My  dog  is worried about the economy
>                  |  because Alpo is up to 99-cents a can.
>                  |  -That's almost  $7.00  in dog money!"
>                  |                         -Joe Weinstein
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