Omas 360 Magnum Leaking.

[HamFist]

How can I put this? I feel that the Italian opens are like Italian motorcycles, they are nice but if you want to keep them running you better learn to be a good wrench.

So my omas 360 magnum piston filler was leaking around the section area.

I stuck it in hot water for 30 seconds and pulled the section out, found a bunch of gold flakes in there.

Supposedly Omas uses rosin as sealant, I found none of it, absolutley no evidence of rosin or any sealant.

Should I apply rosin around the section and the nib? If yes do I need to apply some on top of that ring that screws into the body that the section is inserted inted (with the two notches in the picture).

[TimGirdler]

DO NOT APPLY ROSIN AROUND THE NIB!

 

I've worked on several of these pens and I've always found the nib and feed to be a very tight fit. If you look head-on (in the last picture) you'll see two notches. Though I have not tried to remove the notched part, I think it's likely to be a sleeve that holds the nib and feed (similar to the Edisons, Bexleys, etc.). Thread sealant wouldn't be good on that little sleeve as the sleeve would likely never come out again.

 

If the section is off the pen (which I can't tell by your pictures), and if the section is threaded to screw on to the body of the pen, then thread sealant MIGHT be the appropriate thing. Since I don't have the pen in my hand, I can't recommend a course of action.

 

More pictures might help.

 

Blessings,

 

Tim