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Hi Everyone,

 

Been very excited about venturing in full fountain pen repair and pencil restorations. I have a nice brown TD here that is in need of a sac. Though I have sacs coming from Mr. Dinora, I am quite excited and have jumped the gun on the break down of the pen. I was able to take the section off and the old sac without problems. The Blind cap came off as stated in Da Book, a little WD40 and the screw gave out effortlessly. Well, I have not take the O ring off, becuase first inspection shows that it is still supple and pliable. The sac on this pen looks like it was done not too long ago, it just go cought in on the top of the sac protector and ripped. From the looks of it, it was completely redone. However, needing all of the schooling I can get, I went to the autorepair store and asked for O rings. I found a couple that wold fit but I was not too sure. So my question is:

 

Can anyone tell me what the dimmensions for the O-rings are? I'd like to get both the larger and smaller pens.

 

Thanks,

 

Angelo

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Angelo, buy the proper O rings from Giovanni at Tryphon... they are sized correctly for the pens... I don't know if an auto parts store carries the correct size and diameter O rings.

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The TM Touchdown and Snork take a 7mm inside diameter x 1mm O-ring. Kendall did a bunch of research on this and put together a big order from an online distributor - I still have a bunch from that order.

 

You know Griz, with the number you do, you might want to check this out too.

 

Sheaffer O-ring size

 

John

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Yeah, if I recall, 1x7 for TM models and 1x8 for 49 TD's. I don't know what the PFM Orings are but Richard might know. In that thread I found a place that will see them in custom quantities down to single digits for fairly cheap.

 

Note: if you do Snorkels, the point seals are not Orings, but gaskets, and I have not found any place that sells a comparable, so I still buy them from a pen seller. I got mine from Nishimura I think. Some people sell a "point seal Oring" that is for use in conjunction with the original gasket. This you might be able to buy direct (don't know the size). But I prefer to replace with a like part.

 

Wait, it think the PFM Orings are the same size as 49TD's. I just redid my first PFM, and don't remember getting new Orings.

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Thank you much folks. Yes Autozone had the 7mm oring. I became brave and removed the o-ring. I took it with me to Autozone and found the matches. Only cause I could not wait to get on with the practice, but they are $1.25 a piece! I think I'll stick to the conventional pen suppliers! But in a bind or a weird emergency, you know where you can get them now.

 

Regards,

 

Angelo

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The TM Touchdown and Snork take a 7mm inside diameter x 1mm O-ring. Kendall did a bunch of research on this and put together a big order from an online distributor - I still have a bunch from that order.

 

You know Griz, with the number you do, you might want to check this out too.

 

Sheaffer O-ring size

 

John

Hi Johnny,

thanks for trying to take customers away from me!!!

Tom and I have a great relationship, I am sure he will remain a good and loyal customer.

Take care,

Giovanni

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The TM Touchdown and Snork take a 7mm inside diameter x 1mm O-ring. Kendall did a bunch of research on this and put together a big order from an online distributor - I still have a bunch from that order.

 

You know Griz, with the number you do, you might want to check this out too.

 

Sheaffer O-ring size

 

John

Johnny, I don't do enough Snorks and TDs to buy that many O rings at a time...

Besides as Giovanni says, "We have an arrangement"...

I don't buy O rings from anyone else and he doesn't send his cousin Vinny NoNeck to come visit me :P :P :P

Honestly, even if I did do that many pens, I would still buy the ones I get from a reputable restoration parts supplier...

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