Typewriter Talk / Service Manual for Olivetti Lettera 12?

**Posted by Freja** 01-9-2015 13:49:01

Just wondering if anyone has a service manual for Olivetti Lettera 12. I am having no luck trying to locate one online. I found a manual (really just an information card by Olivetti) on an Italian website but that's it. Was one ever published?

**Posted by Uwe** 01-9-2015 17:50:55

Are you after a service or owner's manual? It's unlikely that a service manual would have been published for one particular model given that its parts (and repair techniques) would have spanned numerous models in Olivetti's line.

**Posted by Freja** 01-9-2015 20:26:31

I was looking after a service manual. I thought it would be a long shot but I thought I'd try. I was hoping to find a service manual to guide me as I attempted to fix a couple other problems. My 'Backspace' and 'Repeat' do not work now. I took the cover off to put a spring back in place that was causing the shift to be slow once released. I put the spring back in place, put the cover back and put the carriage back on. But once I put the carriage back on, something pops and disengages the repeat and backspace. And I can't figure out what.