I found some wire at the Harbor Freight store and while a tad thicker, I was able to reform it to the approximate shape of the original.  It's a bit tedious but I managed somehow. It seems to work.   Frankly not real convinced it is necessary but it only cost a dollar. One video I saw about Brother JP-1's is that some people remove these anyway because they thought it contributed to a "tinny sound".  I don't hear any difference.

I am not sure the proper term for a wire spring attached to a vibrator to lessen the impact of the type slug on the platen.  I just acquired a Brother Charger 11 with one of these that came broken.  In my mind it seems to type fine without it.  I looked at my limited collection and found two of my typers, the Galaxie 12 and the Olivetti Studio 45 do not even have these installed.  Most of my other typewriters have them.  It is not something I ever thought about before but I wonder how important they are and what their function truly is? Prevent ghosting?

When I was in the Army in 1974 working in a military hospital in NJ, one evening thieves broke in the hospital and stole all the Selectrics.  It was some type of inside job as the windows were all left unlocked.  I was the designated Officer of the Day and it happened on my watch!  I was the sole person making rounds in the whole hospital so it was easy pickings. 

Thanks Pete.  That was very helpful.  MY machine came with the Senatorial typeface and 11 cpi...I couldn't be happier.

Ted Munk was immensely helpful with the escapement manual pages.  The culprit was a misaligned Pawl lever and a lot of bad settings with the adjustment screws. It took several hours but I got it working fine.  After I address a few more minor issues, I think I will have a decent typer.