Alright, so now that I got the darn thing in a somewhat tolerable condition, I now need some comparison pictures for some parts of my Oliver. Can anyone give me a picture of the side of the platen by the ratchet? Here's what mine looks like:



The screwdriver points to a piece that I think might have something to do with the problem. I'm not sure why it's hanging there or what it does.

I also need a picture of the right margin. For some reason, the margin is not catching and I need something to compare it with to see if something is bent out of shape or missing. And there is a lot of excess grease and oil on it for some reason. It was probably sitting in a damp place for it's rusted through. Even the nickle plating has peeled off. I have never seen anything so bad that the nickle plating peels off. This is probably the worst typewriter I have ever seen condition wise. But it (sorta) works now.

As far as I know, all of the Olivers are the same besides some cosmetic changes and whatnot.

Well thanks for the picture, and it has led me to some good and bad news. Good news is, I know what's wrong. Bad news is... The piece that keeps the ratchet in place has broken off. But I used a rubber band to keep it in place, so it's all good now.