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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 8060135, member: 360&quot;]Fixing the pen. </p><p><br /></p><p>I decided that the piston wasn&#039;t installed nearly as well as it should be, so now that I got it working, it was easier to fine-tune the mechanism. </p><p><br /></p><p>I cranked the piston-assembly out of the pen and pulled it apart to its component pieces... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425184[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I played around with the piston-rod (on the left) the piston-knob and helical rod (on the right) and the piston-collar (middle). The aim was to get the the piston-ROD FULLY drawn-up into the helical rod, once the piston-KNOB hit the base of the piston-collar. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fiddly process, because it&#039;s done ENTIRELY by trial-and-error. But if you get it right, the result is a full-draw on the piston, and a nice, tight seal on the piston-knob when the pen is full of ink. </p><p><br /></p><p>It took about 3-4 attempts, but I finally got it perfectly lined up! </p><p><br /></p><p>The next step was to shove the entire piston-assembly - collar, rod, knob and all - back into the pen... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425186[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>...and crank it all back into place, using the piston-wrench. </p><p><br /></p><p>NOW the pen works perfectly!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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