"why Won't This @*%^! Vacumatic Filler Come Out?"

[pajaro]

Farmersmums had last worked on my pen. I removed the old filler with finger pressure, cleaned out the threads and barrel interior and screwed in the new filler unit with finger pressure. It works and does not leak. I considered using a minute amount of shellac, but tried it without. Something for the spreadsheet.

 

Maybe jaxxon's brass filler is so well made the threads provide a perfect seal alone. Thanks to farmersmums for sealing the filler so it was easy to R&R it again. It does indicate that people who do this professionally do it well.

[Garageboy]

Threads like this makes me wish there was a pen equivalent of All Data (car repairs)- unified how to for everything

[TimGirdler]

 

 

Tim,

 

Too bad that we ALL could not utilize one source for those of us who fix pens such as these and when we overhaul such a pen, e-mail some specific information to that source for to be put into a spread sheet. Then when enough data is collected it can be shared amongst ALL who are participating, or more?. What's in the data? Some of the stuff that is in this posting, I believe...........Just a thought to help things out

 

 

Threads like this makes me wish there was a pen equivalent of All Data (car repairs)- unified how to for everything

 

 

So.... You want to start "PenFax?"

 

Blessings,

 

Tim

 

[scrivelry]

 

I can't help but wonder, though... was "51" Cement shellac, rosin-ish, or something else? I've seen some pink particulate in the threads of some "51"s that makes me think the latter.

 

 

Pink? Obviously bubble gum! ;-)

 

Given the years involved, my first guess would be Bazooka...

[Ron Z]

No Parker sealant that I've ever encountered over 25 years of repairing pens has been pink. With Montblanc, yes. Parker, no. On a modern pen it could be their "white adhesive" stained by ink, but never on a vintage pen.

[Ernst Bitterman]

Pink-ish, at any rate; it was rather pale, but I'd say "pink" rather than "white". It wasn't necessarily the stuff in question, and if Ron hain't seen it, it's probably something else.