Shipping a Flexowriter

[Michael Zahorik]

Kyle, my Friden is a Model SFD-V, although yours looks similar, apparently it is different. You will find that a lot of the old lube has combined with dust and dirt to make gummy grime. This sticky stuff will cause the relays and lever arms to stick and act sluggishly. I have found that a strip of paper pinched between the relay armature and pole piece then pulled out while pinching will remove a lot of it. So clean and oil, clean and oil. I have found a bunch of stuff on bitsavers and also had some help from the guys on GreenKeys. Good luck. Let me know if I can help.
 Mike Zahorik (414) 254-6768

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Thank you for the compliments! I'm looking forward to getting it going.

Any idea what the model (FIO) indicates?

Trying to locate some repair manuals and tips. Anything else I should look
for other than what's on Bitsavers?

The unit powers up and types with a few keys slow to act or return.
Carriage return doesn't latch when it gets to the left margin. Column 4 of
the punch is stuck on. Reader seems to work fine.

Thanks,

Kyle