Micropolis 1355 disk drives

Update: I can now report that the "bumper fix" was a success. After opening the drive, it took a while before I realized that the sticky bumpers are *inside* the head assembly. Also, when I moved the head with my fingers, there was very little resistance, almost unnoticeable. I was afraid that there was something else wrong with the drive. But I cut a piece of post-it paper and put it in between the bumper and the head part. Sure enough, when I next powered up the drive, the head moved (before it hadn't moved when powered up). Put the top cover on, reassembled the drive and put it back into the machine. Started it up, and it booted straight into Sintran (SINTRAN III - VSX / 500 K to be precise). Yes! Thanks for all the advice and encouragement. Much, much appreciated. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen Now caretaker / owner of *two* working ND machines