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I recently got a rather plain and simple green Swan 3130 from eBay in the UK. The lever was stiff and I fitted a new sac - only the second time I'd done it so I was pleased to see the sac was on properly and solid, so I chalked it and reassembled the pen. The lever would only move a third of the way out and seemed to draw almost no ink, also it would flop out while I was using the pen, so obviously I hadn't got it quite right... so I took all apart again. Surprise, the sac was still clean of ink. The writing I'd done was from ink in the feed and fins only :huh:

After I'd got the pressure bar out (first time, so I bent it a bit trying the neat screwdriver twist I'd read about) it looked like the heel of the lever was wedging against the inner part of the pressure bar through a slot cut in the outer (fixed) part. This was stopping the inner part from pressing the new sac. Hope that explains what I was seeing!

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/Don_Cabrio/Swan%20pen%20lever.jpeg

 

I replaced the pressure bar with a new one of the correct length and all is working well now, the sac draws up ink, and I love the feel of the nib, winner!

But is that old bar the correct pressure bar in the pic above, and if so how should I have set it up to give full and free movement to the leaver. Any advice please?

The Ink is the life - And it shall be mine! - Dracula 1992, sort of...

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I am surprised that you describe your 3130 as "green". A 3130 should be grey. The green codes are (dark) 40 and (pale) 72, 30 being grey.

 

I am unable to open your pictures so cannot comment on the J-bar. I presume, since it has a J-bar your pen is the type with brass threads on the section? The J-bars on these usually have a slot into which the lever fits. These levers quite often do not open the full 90° but the J-bar will have full compressed the sac.

 

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