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Hello and I hope this won't be too difficult a problem! I have an old 149, most probably from the 60's or 70's with plastic threads and grooved ebonite (face + shank) feed, and 14c nib (more flexi). The piston isn't operational! The upper part of the piston twists out completely with the piston screw off the pen with its cap, the screw twists freely in the cap round and round (not out), is this normal or should it be lodged inside? this model differs in the way that the grooves for the wrench tool for the piston are not lower on the barrel next to the gold ring as they are these days, The lower part of the piston, the plastic threaded part in the ring, is stiff in the barrel and I don't know how to remove that to start reconnecting the piston, I also don't know if this piston part is threaded internally or friction fitted into the barrel. I can see the piston seal near the bottom of the window it sometimes catches on slightly when I unscrew the piston but is stiff and then jumps? so I retwist a little and it comes out without catching. Is it broken or just disconnected, and would some of you identify the model era? and help me out? thank you all here are some pictures https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2014.20.05.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2014.15.30.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2014.12.10.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2013.24.40.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2013.28.56.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2014.13.23.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84886075/2013-10-03%2014.14.59.jpg