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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 8033043, member: 360&quot;]I won this at auction and picked it up today. I got it &quot;cheap&quot; (&#039;cheap&#039; is relative, when you&#039;re talking about Montblanc!), because the pen was broken, and nonfunctional. </p><p><br /></p><p>Someone (probably the previous owner) had somehow jammed the filling mechanism, so that operating the piston-knob didn&#039;t fill the pen, instead, it unscrewed the entire piston-assembly out the back-end of the barrel! Whoops!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, the pen was totally non-functional in this condition. After a lot of ultrasonic cleaning to blast out the old ink, I unscrewed the entire piston-assembly, and using two pairs of pliers and some tissues for padding, I managed to wrench the piston-knob free! Two or three solid cranks around and it finally started moving! </p><p><br /></p><p>Photos below... </p><p><br /></p><p>The pen as I found it: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425086[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425087[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the whole damn thing just came apart and fell out the ass-end of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The pen after repairs and cleaning: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425088[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425089[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425090[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I disassembled the piston-mechanism to check it for damage, and then reassembled it, winding everything back together. Using my piston-wrenches, I cranked everything back into the pen, and screwed it down TIGHT to stop the stupid thing from coming out again, and tested the pen. </p><p><br /></p><p>Works like new![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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