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New Member: Smith-Corona Silent 1946/1947
Dear Members,
New member here. I just finished (almost anyway) restoring and cleaning a 1946/47 Smith-Corona Silent I had purchased a few years ago. The segment was pretty gnarly, but is looking pretty good now (some gunk is still coming up every now and then). No keys stick. Everything is working pretty well now.
What are your thoughts on this typewriter?
The only problem I have is when I was cleaning the interior, I must have popped the spring for the spool reverse knob as it is hanging and there is no longer any tension on the knob (I reverse the spools from the bottom). The eyelet that is supposed to reverse the spools when the ribbon ends is also not working. Any ideas on what to do?
Thanks
Brian 
- Seijun
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Re: New Member: Smith-Corona Silent 1946/1947
I had the same typewriter and (I think?) had the same problem as you with the ribbon reverse. The spring came loose.
It was a pain to get the spring reattached and even after fixing it, the ribbon reverse only worked about half the time.
