Well first of all Happy New Year and thanks to everyone who has given me guidance here on learning to repair fountain pens.
I think I am doing reasonably well for a beginner. I have taken approximately 8 or 10 old pens and gotten them to work well. Mostly they have been lever fills, a nice Waterman, several Eversharps and a few brand X's. I have found that once I solve the problem of taking the pens apart most of the difficulties are behind. The business of replacing ink sacs and even J bars has gone well after a few mistakes from which I learned a thing or two.
There is one problem however which has occurred in several, but not all ,the lever actions. I get them fully repaired (I think) after disassembly, flushing with an ammonia solution and a new ink sac and they work beautifully. That is, until I set them aside for a few days, and then discover they do not want to write even though they still have ink in them. My guess is there is something I need to do to the feed which I have not been doing and since the problem has occurred several times it must be an error I am committing on a regular basis.
If anyone has any clues as to what I am overlooking, I would be most grateful for some guidance.
Thanks very much!
Steve
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