I picked these two Sheaffer white dot pens up from a flea market.

[edteach]

I only paid $35 each so no big loss if I can not repair them. The redish one is a type of pump but although I can take off the back of the pen it will not come out more than about half an inch. Same for the section. It unscrews but will only come out about the same. I was thinking of soaking it in cool soapy water for a day to see if the ink will loosen up. Or am I doing it wrong? What model are these? The Lever fill is in good condition except the threads are worn and you can not really tighten it down or it will just keep going around. You get to the end and there is a small bit of friction and then if you apply a bit more pressure it will skip and keep turning. Also a small bit of material on the screw part of the cap broken off but in hand it takes a bit to see it. Thanks for any help.

[Anne-Sophie]

 

I think it would be good if you re-posted the thread in the Repair Q & A subforum.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/forum/21-repair-qampa/

 

The Mod for the Repair Q & A subforum is Ron Z, a well known pen repair person.

 

Many older materials are very fragile and require special handling, some can even be damaged by water.

 

Unstucking what appear to be piston filling mechanisms is tricky, because white dot means top of the line, it would be so wonderful to have them restored.

 

The top pen looks stunning! 

[GlenV]

Cool pens! The lower pen is an older one, with the long hump ball clip from 1930 or so and easy to resack. The cap lip damage is pretty common for balance pens since they tend to crack with posting over the years there. The red pen is a pretty one from WW2 time and is a wire fill Sheaffer Triumph nib pen, super hard to restore don't try to work the plunger too much, but would be a great one for Ron to do as mentioned above.. nice finds ! 

[Ron Z]

The  Carmine red one is a plunger filler Statesman.  Repair is not rocket science, but there are a lot of traps that you could fall into.  If the section is striped it will not unscrew from the barrel. Getting the nib out is best, and most safely done with the nib removal tool that Dale Beebe sells.  With it, your chances of success are in the high 90s.  Without it, I say 50% at best.  Do research (not YouTube videos) on restoring them.  If the plunger rod is black, it's celluloid covered.  Be prepared to replace it.

 

As Glen pointed out, the black and pearl is an early Balance - clues are the long humped clip that goes to the cap band, and the short section.  Gentle heat taking the section out so that you don't crack the barrel.  Worth restoring, but given the condition of the trim I would not bother with cap lip repair.  Too many cracks, and a chip.  Replacement of the cap lip with black celluloid would be best because there are so many cracks, and filling the crack is impractical.  The other option is to trim the cap lip back a bit, but then it looks funny.