Sheaffer PFM111 Snorkel Tube Replacement

[TerryB]

Good evening to all,

I wonder if anyone can help please. I have just achieved my ambition to own a PFM and am in the process of refurbishing it. It was fairly well clogged with ink and to my dismay when I removed the sac I found the remains of the inner feed from the snorkle tube therein broken in to 3 parts. I thnk the previous owner must have poked something up the tube in an effort to clea it and pushed the inner feed up in to the sac.

Can anyone help with sourcing a replacement snorkel tube please?

Any help appreciated,

Terry

[Brian-McQueen]

It's the same as a normal Snorkel tube, luckily.

[ralfstc]

Still really hard to find, though. I think you'll have to contact a repairer and see if they'll sell you one from their stash. It'll be expensive, most likely, as there is a finite supply. The repairer may even want to rebuild the pen themselves, which I would consider if it were my PFM. Then you'll know the tiny wee hard rubber piece is inserted correctly and don't have to worry about breaking it yourself. That piece is surprisingly important for snorkel function.

 

I was thinking the other day it would be handy if somebody ran off a batch or those inserts . . . .

 

Good luck!

 

Ralf

[TerryB]

Brian and Ralf thank you for your input. I got excited when I found that Aus Pens has 200+ snorkel tubes but unfortunately they are square ended which I believe are only for the open nibbed snorkels.

I have managed to piece the inner feed back together and inserted it back in to the snorkel tube and kept it all in alignment ( I knew those guitar string offcuts would be useful one day) It has survived a few simulated fills so will give it a try. Have received some positive support in this from Eckiethump (Eric ?) on the Repair Forum.

The Fountain Network and it's community is amazing.

 

terry

[ralfstc]

Glad to hear it's going well! I was a little surprised by Eric's skepticism regarding the importance of the inserts; interesting! Good luck getting your PFM filled and running!

 

Cheers,

 

Ralf

[Ron Z]

I think that you misread what Eric was writing.  The inserts are essential.  I think that his point was (and I agree) that the slit is so fine, that as long as the slits line up, it'll work.  No insert in the snorkel tube though, and the pen won't  work.

[ralfstc]

Ah! Thanks Ron, that makes more sense 🙂

 

I've never known Eric to be wrong. I've known me to be wrong quite a lot, though!

[Bill Nick]

On 9/4/2021 at 2:12 AM, TerryB said:

Can anyone help with sourcing a replacement snorkel tube please?

Stuart Hawkinson. s.hawkinson@comcast.net   I got some and sac protectors from him a few weeks ago.

[Bill Nick]

 

Sheaffer PFM111 Snorkel Tube Replacement

 

It's a PFM III, not a "one hundred and eleven"!

 

[TerryB]

On 10/14/2021 at 2:05 PM, Bill Nick said:

Stuart Hawkinson. s.hawkinson@comcast.net   I got some and sac protectors from him a few weeks ago.

Thank you Bill I will retain this for future reference. Managed to source a tube on a well known auction site, he seller had given the impreddion he was selling pen but it turned out he was selling the parts. Took a chance and got a tube allbeit from a Snorkel not a PFM that was in good order. S have it in case the realigned one doesn't work.

 

On 10/16/2021 at 7:59 AM, Bill Nick said:

 

Sheaffer PFM111 Snorkel Tube Replacement

 

It's a PFM III, not a "one hundred and eleven"!

 

Thanks for the correction, my PFM111 does look a bit silly!

Terry

[Ron Z]

If its any comfort, the snorkel tube for a Triumph style pen,  and tube for PFM are identical.  No difference at all.

[TerryB]

Thank you Ron yes it does look identical. Presumeably a little gentle heat will be necessary to remove the tube from the sac section?

 

Terry