Parker 61 Flow Problem

[jochums]

I recently bought a Parker 61. I have done all the cleaning; I have even taken it all apart and cleaned it up. Now that it has been put back together the ink does not seem to flow out of it correctly.

When I fill it by dipping the capillary into an ink bottle it takes up a fair amount of ink. It then writes really wet for a bit (maybe longer if I don't turn the pen nib side up) When I am done writing, I put the cap on it and put it in my shirt pocket, nib up of course.

Then when I go to write again it will have gone dry...I think the ink flows backward into the capillary away from the feed. If I then leave the pen down for 5 minutes or so, it starts right back up.

I know the ink is in there because after this has happened, I have taken the hood off to look at the feed, and when i do this, holding the nib down, ink comes flowing out freely.

Have I put it back together wrong. I can't imagine this is how it should work.

P.S. I also posted this in the Parker sub forum.

[brownargus]

I've had a Parker 61 for years and it has always tended to be a dry writer, starting off OK but then becoming drier. I had the section replaced because it had deformed - a common fault I understand reducing ink flow - and it was a bit better but it has reverted to its dry writing situation.

Edited September 16, 2014 by brownargus

[jochums]

I've had a Parker 61 for years and it has always tended to be a dry writer, starting off OK but then becoming drier. I had the section replaced because it had deformed - a common fault I understand reducing ink flow - and it was a bit better but it has reverted to its dry writing situation.

That could be a problem I have too. Thanks for the input