Here are some photos of my bail spring, attempting to show the hook on the paper bail that the spring rests against and the remainder of the spring (the arm of the spring that goes to the bail broke off). I'd guess that in the resting position, the arms are about 200-240 degrees apart (or 120-160 the other direction). 

This is not normally my kind of typewriter – I usually avoid plastic shelled machines – but I had to make an exception for this machine my mother dropped off on her last visit: This is the very machine on which I pounded out writing assignments for junior high school in the early 1980s. I replaced its belt, cleaned out the lubricant that had turned to glue, and it's typing away happily just as I remembered.

(And, for other's future reference on how to remove the brittle plastic shell without breaking it, I left some photos on my TWDB entry of where the tabs are). 



The only issue with it is that it came to me with the paper bail spring broken, so the bail is just floating above the paper... which is an infrequent but recurring problem I've run into. I'll ask on another thread. 
 

I love the chunky look. Seems like it should have a cash register drawer, too.

Interesting the SG1-style carriage locks.

Never mind. By the time I finished reading, I forgot the initial post. (still trying to get over the flu).

Another small update: 

I've sorted out all the issues with this machine except the double-advancing Q and A keys (and very rarely Z and 2). To address that, I've tried moving the trip point in and out. I've tried opening and closing the gap between dogs in the escapement. I've tried pouring mineral spirits into the segment at those keys. No real changes (maybe a little tiny bit better, but that may be placebo effect / optimism).

I also tried moving the segment fulcrum pin so I could remove the type bars to clean directliy and polish them, but the pin does not budge. Even with a generous dose of Kroil, a pin punch, and a hammer. 

Does anyone have any tips on getting the fulcrum pin to move? 

For now, I'm going to just use it and hope that pounding away on it loosens stuff up as it did for Ted Munk in the post Dust linked to above. If that doesn't work, and I feel that the machine is worth the effort, I might strip it down again as much as possible, then try heating it up in the hopes that the segment will loosen its grip on the fulcrum pin (and, even that is in the hopes that getting the type bar out can have any effect).

It's a challenging machine because, otherwise, I really enjoy it. I love the type action, key feel, and typeface (a 13 CPI (yes thirteen) typeface that doesn't feel as small as the numbers). 

I also asked Paul at Bremerton Typewriter (formerly Bremerton Office Machines), but he couldn't think of anything that I hadn't already tried.