On Mar 16, 4:38*pm, wrote:
i have recently discovered my late father's selectric that has been
unused for about 25 years. as an engineer i have enjoyed getting it
back in order (what a feat of IBM mechanical engineering!) and now
everything works perfectly EXCEPT the lever for switching between 10
characters/inch and 12 c/in. it moves only abit but doesn't seem to
slot into place and character spacing stays on 12 regardless of a 10 c/
in golfball inplace. i dont want to force anything. can anyone help?
ps also found boxes of unused typing 'ribbons' ,the use once type,
which are still giving top quality print - amazing.

d - i'm in exactly the same situation your are - i'm an engineer with
my late dad's selectric typewriter and would like to refurbish it.
I'm reluctant to pay $30-50 for a copy of a service manual of unknown
value and one that probably cost the current owner almost nothing to
copy on to a CD. Can you provide a copy of a manual at a reasonable
cost? Would be happy to share technical solutions with you regarding
any problems and tricks we discover along the way. sincerely,

Barry Hoberman