Parker 75 Disassembly

[T1Love]

Does anyone know where I can find step by step directions on how to disassemble and clean a Parker 75 crosshatch FP? I've searched on this site and can't find anything. Thanks

[Ron Z]

Earlier pens with the triangular section have a skinny feed, and the collector held captive in the section. Later pens with a round section and the "fat feed" have a collector that is part of the feed, and that comes out with the nib.

 

The nib and feed pull straight out of the section. That's as far as you go. Do not try to take the collector out of an early section. They really aren't designed to be taken out and cleaned, and trying may damage the section, feed, or both.

[T1Love]

I have an early section. What's the safest way to clean?

[joss]

What would you like to disassemble (the section?) and is that really necessary? You could first try to clean the section thoroughly with a water/ammonia solution.

 

The "turning nib" feature of the P75 makes it, theoretically, easy to pull out the nib/feed unit from the section. That is theory because clogged ink in a used pen will prevent turning or pulling the nib/feed unit. The stem of the P75 feed is quite fragile so you easily risk breaking the feed.

 

That is why I would start with a thorough cleaning until you are sure that the nib turns freely. Then you could try to pull out the nib-feed unit.

 

I would not further disassemble the nib-feed unit unless you really have to change the nib.

[T1Love]

The nib is bent and it needs a good soaking and cleaning. The pen is an early version with the flat tassies and clip sits in the tassie, not notched into the cap. No steel threads. I just wanted to swap the "66" nib and clean the ink out.

[mitto]

Even the replacement nib comes along with the feed. So, it wouldn't be necessary to disassemble the nib-feed unit in order to change the nib.

[joss]

The nib is bent and it needs a good soaking and cleaning. The pen is an early version with the flat tassies and clip sits in the tassie, not notched into the cap. No steel threads. I just wanted to swap the "66" nib and clean the ink out.

 

That is a really early version then, great!

 

Your choices are limited if the nib is bent. But it is not easy to remove the nib without risking damaging the feed. And then you still have to mount the new nib on the old feed.

I would find a replacement nib plus feed for this rare & valuable pen.

Edited November 4, 2015 by joss

[T1Love]

I'm soaking the section and leaving the nib/feed intact and alone. Did I mention it's a prototype pattern....

[mitto]

Nice and rare 75. Is the cap band blank?

[joss]

That looks like a really nice pen!

 

The pattern is diffucult to see on the picture: is your pen also shown in the list of prototypes on Lih-Tah Wongs Parker 75 website?

www.parker75.addr.com/Reference/Parker75_Ref.htm

[T1Love]

Cap band blank. Unknown alloy. Lih-Tah is aware and will be updating his site with this new proto pattern.

[T1Love]

More photos....