Lost Cause Or It's Expected?

[Time2Write]

!!WARNING!!! One of the pictures looks utterly disgusting WARNING!!!

 

 

Well, where do I start? Lets start from the point where I decided to be brave and have a go at taking my Parker Victory apart.

 

After looking on YouTube and finally plucking up the courage, I decided to see what came off and what didn't, What I wasn't prepared for was the 'orrible mess inside the pen. I have enclosed some picture of what I found and also wondering if I now have a complete pen???

 

First picture is the nib and what looks like it is blocked up with dry ink. Am I correct?

Second Picture is....Curiosity

Third picture. I can not begin to describe what it is?

Fourth picture is what's left.

 

 

Please be gentle if it's bad news

 

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[TimGirdler]

I don't see why it would be a lost cause....

 

If the barrel is clear of rubber, the button still fits, the pressure bar works properly, and if the nib/feed/section are properly cleaned out (ultrasonic, bulb syringe, etc.) , I see no reason why that pen won't work well after being reassembled properly.

 

Blessings,

 

Tim

[Time2Write]

Phew. Cheers for that Tim. Barrel is now clear and I am going to look at the nib in a bit. What parts do I need to get it writing again?

[Time2Write]

Just found an interesting video on YouTube which has a Duofold which looks similar to my victory

[TimGirdler]

You certainly need a new sac. Size? I don't know. Also, you need to be VERY sure you reassembly the pen correctly. This means, among other things, that the pressure bar is reinserted AFTER the section is in place (and it needs to be reinserted at an angle to avoid damaging the sac).

 

It appears the old.......sac?.......was horribly twisted. To avoid that, especially if the section is a threaded-fit as opposed to a friction fit, the bar must be put in after the section is in place.

 

You can read this: The button filler part is at the bottom of the article. I always assume the section is threaded, because it causes less potential damage to assume this, when taking the pen apart.

 

Good luck and please let us know how it turns out!

 

Blessings,

 

Tim

[Hooker56]

Andy,

 

Everything looks within the normal bounds of a 50+ year old pen that has been left full of ink sitting in a drawer somewhere. The reason the section looks clogged is because that is how the feed and nib fit into that particular section. Soak the nib, section and other plastic parts in some cool water with a drop or two of dish detergent added to rid it of any old dried ink. After an hour or two rinse the parts well and use an ear bulb syringe filled with clean cool water to flush the nib/section unit. This will force out any old ink.

 

The pen sacs are sized in 1/64ths of an inch. If you measure the outside diameter of the nipple, that in 64ths is the sac size. I'm guessing that would be about an 18 or 20 on your pen. Google Replacing a fountain pen sac amd you should find plenty of instructions on resaccing.

 

As Tim said, you need to put the sac & section back into the body before putting the pressure bar back into the pen through the button hole, then pop on the button and you're good to go.

 

Have fun-good luck-

 

Clayton

[Time2Write]

Sac looks to be a 17 according to one site I have seen. The section (is that the bit the nib goes in to?) and the nib are soaking in a bowl of water at the moment, and streams of blue in are coming out now and again, so I am just leaving it to soak.

 

I am slowly working out how the parts fit and what is needed. Would love to have the skill to bring it up to as new condition, but I am sure given time, It will all fall in to place.

[Hooker56]

As with many things in life, it is very satisfying to see a task to it's completion. Thanks to so many here for sharing their knowledge so that many of the rest of us can come to know the satisfaction pen repair brings. I love the feeling of redeeming an instrument that was abandoned years ago that still has an incredibly useful life ahead.

 

Once you repair and write with it, you'll want to polish it up and use it often because it was your first.