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How Can I Take Apart Con-70?


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Hi all, I know there're videos showing how to do this, but I don't know how they do that because the metal part is glued to the barrel. Well I kinda have to take it apart because, I don't know anyone else experienced this, mine SMELLS really bad. It must be some water left inside that upper part I think. Any suggestions?

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Why do you think that the metal part is glued on to the barrel? All the videos show that they are just tightly screwed together.

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Why do you think that the metal part is glued on to the barrel? All the videos show that they are just tightly screwed together.

I think they say that in the videos. One person says, if I remember it correctly, he soaked it in hot water to loosen it. I tried that, but still impossible to open..

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I have never dismantled one. I would probably damage it. Have you tried cycling a 25% solution of Clorox and water through the Con70 ? Fill. Let stand for fifteen minutes. Expel. Repeat 6, 8, 10 times. Rinse and sniff. A new one costs $12 to $15 dollars. They were never intended to last forever.

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I have never dismantled one. I would probably damage it. Have you tried cycling a 25% solution of Clorox and water through the Con70 ? Fill. Let stand for fifteen minutes. Expel. Repeat 6, 8, 10 times. Rinse and sniff. A new one costs $12 to $15 dollars. They were never intended to last forever.

Haven't tried that solution - thanks for the suggestion.

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Hello I hope that this link will help you. Greetings

Hey thanks, but I think this is a more conventional converter - well the problem with con-70 is that it's glued (or that's what people are saying) and I wonder how they managed to break the glue

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According to this video, it's just tightly screwed together.

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

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our own Algester has done it here

Thanks for the link. To be honest I've given up. I think I'll just resign myself to solution + syringe method. I asked 3 men to try to open it after heating it but no one could..haha

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Definitely don't try pliers or any other type of clamp, unless you want to buy a new one. Even after breaking my converter I could never get the thing to unscrew. I may just stick with a Con20, it holds more than the con40/50 and is easier to clean.

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I have two CON-70 converters, and when I change inks I take the CON-70 converter apart to clean it thoroughly, although I also rotate converters each time as well. Do the following at your own risk, of course, but this is how it's done the first time. (After that, you won't need the grippers.) Speaking of which, use some rubber grippers—a "Goulet Grip," "Anderson Gripper Square," kitchen rubber gloves, etc.—one in each hand. One thumb-forefinger combo on the see-through plastic tube, the other on the metal part, and then in a smooth increasingly forceful twist, unscrew it. If it doesn't unscrew with the amount of force you feel comfortable applying at that point, don't give up. It's like taking the lid off a jar. You work at it, work at it, nothing budges. You hand it to somebody else and it comes right off. Keep at it.

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I think it's glued. I warmed the metal part of one with a cigarette lighter and then easily unscrewed it. Saw what looked like glue muck.

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Huh. I never saw glue in any of mine.

 

I use silicone grips and twist hard. Make sure you have the direction correct. The ziptrickhead video was most useful.

 

I warmed it to loosen the metal, as metal conducts heat expands more than plastic.

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I have two CON-70 converters, and when I change inks I take the CON-70 converter apart to clean it thoroughly, although I also rotate converters each time as well. Do the following at your own risk, of course, but this is how it's done the first time. (After that, you won't need the grippers.) Speaking of which, use some rubber grippers—a "Goulet Grip," "Anderson Gripper Square," kitchen rubber gloves, etc.—one in each hand. One thumb-forefinger combo on the see-through plastic tube, the other on the metal part, and then in a smooth increasingly forceful twist, unscrew it. If it doesn't unscrew with the amount of force you feel comfortable applying at that point, don't give up. It's like taking the lid off a jar. You work at it, work at it, nothing budges. You hand it to somebody else and it comes right off. Keep at it.

 

Here's my own YouTube video on the subject.

I love the smell of fountain pen ink in the morning.

 

 

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There seems to be some variation as to some Pilot converters being glued and others not being glued. I've experienced both with my CON-50s though all my CON-70s seem to be glued.

 

It's important not to assume "it's just tight" -- if you do have a glued one then the twist pressure can destroy the converter. I had that happen with a CON-50 (because my previous ones weren't glued I incorrectly assumed that one wasn't.)

 

I would try the warm water method followed by the heating method. Good luck.

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