[GreenKeys] Teletype Model 43 ribbon

[Gabriel Egan]

Dear Mike

 > Gab, the reason I used a cool iron on the ribbon
 > was because my ribbon had a zillion wrinkles in
 > it, see picture. The iron flattened the fabric
 > out. My Model 43 maybe a little different, the
 > upper left ribbon spool is spring loaded and
 > this is what keeps tension on my ribbon, it does
 > not loop pass the plastic strip. Hope this helps.

Got it. Actually, my Model 43 is the same regarding
the path of the ribbon around those rollers, the upper
left one of which is, like yours, spring loaded.
Trouble is, the ribbon has gotten so slack that
the spring-loaded roller reaches the end of its
travel before taking up all the slack.

Regards

Gabriel