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24-12-2016 15:47:27  #1


Rheinmetall KST

Got this yesterday from an eBay seller and was dismayed to find that the keys were frozen. I tried to fix that with denatured alcohol, but nothing moved. I contacted TypeWriterKing, who has much more experience than I do in these matters, and he suggested lubing all moving parts with hot tranny fluid. I did so, being sure to coat all moving parts and spritzing penetrating oilf for good measure. After a mere half hour, all keys were freed and I was typing. I was stunned by the efficiency of this method, and will use it from now on instead of denatured alcohol, which mars painted surfaces.

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24-12-2016 16:34:02  #2


Re: Rheinmetall KST

What brand/type of transmission fluid, and how are you heating and applying it?

 

24-12-2016 17:12:04  #3


Re: Rheinmetall KST

Most any brand of automatic transmission fluid (tranny fluid) will do.  My favorite is the Ford Mercon Five.  It stinks like dead fish, but it sure does work--and so does the stuff Typeset has been using.  You can put it on the stove on very low heat in a large tin can.  You don't want to boil it, but just get a good temperature on it, and with the penetrating oil, you can raise dead typewriters with it fairly easy.


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24-12-2016 19:33:42  #4


Re: Rheinmetall KST

I went to the dollar store and bought a cookie pan and a brush and, since I was there, small wire brushed for cleaning type slugs. The tranny fluid at another store was $5. May be an unorthodox method but it works and I will continue to use it.


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25-12-2016 23:35:10  #5


Re: Rheinmetall KST

I'm just saying, putting it out there...


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