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Hi,

I currently only own converter/cartride fountain pens. I do really like some of Aurora fountain pens, for instance the Aurora 88. 

I was wondering, is it easy to clean a piston mechanism, I have seen people unscrewing the whole piston to clean it, you do need a tool for it like a wrench depending on how it is fitted? 

But is this often needed, that ink or something else gets behind the piston? Because with converters you can just put in a new one. 

 

 

 

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Hi,

Aurora 88 piston mechanism need a tool to be disassembled, like mostly all the piston filled pens.

 

My view: I'm using and/or collecting fountain pensa from over 30 years, and I never had the need to disasemble a piston filling mechanism, unless when this was broken in ortder to repair it.

The piston filling mechanism are designed to be disassembled occasionally and this mean only when a repair is needed.

This is the reason why manufacturers make them disassemblable only using special tool, which offen are not available for the Customers, but only for rapairing centers. This is the case of Aurora and Mont Blanc for example.

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Vintage Aurora 88 s easy, though. You remove (and carefully put in a safe place) the little plastic infill on the end, then there is a screw, and a nut secured by a pin that can be easily pushed out. I was told it was to make repairs easy for shop owners who didn't have many tools.

 

I repaired two a while back, and was just refreshing my memory, and found this excellent video.

 

 

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4 hours ago, fabri00 said:

Hi,

Aurora 88 piston mechanism need a tool to be disassembled, like mostly all the piston filled pens.

 

My view: I'm using and/or collecting fountain pensa from over 30 years, and I never had the need to disasemble a piston filling mechanism, unless when this was broken in ortder to repair it.

The piston filling mechanism are designed to be disassembled occasionally and this mean only when a repair is needed.

This is the reason why manufacturers make them disassemblable only using special tool, which offen are not available for the Customers, but only for rapairing centers. This is the case of Aurora and Mont Blanc for example.

Thanks for your answer. I am talking about the Aurora 88(not vintage), is this special tool a wrench. Is it true that the piston is screwed in only the threads are reversed? And is this the same for Aurora limited edition piston fountain pens?

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13 hours ago, rb120134 said:

I am talking about the Aurora 88(not vintage), is this special tool a wrench.

 

Yes, although you can use one from/for other fountain pen brands, or even fashion one yourself out of a fork or a paperclip.

 

13 hours ago, rb120134 said:

Is it true that the piston is screwed in only the threads are reversed?

 

Yes, if I remember correctly.

 

13 hours ago, rb120134 said:

And is this the same for Aurora limited edition piston fountain pens?

 

The model is the model is the model. If we're talking about Aurora Ottantotto limited editions, then their technical design, including how the piston unit is fitted into the pen barrel, should be the same. If you're talking “Aurora limited edition piston fountain pens” more generally across different models, then I don't know, although chances are the way the piston units are constructed and fitted would be the same across a number of different models, if only it makes things easier and cheaper for the manufacturer that way.

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