[volt-nuts] Now Pace desoldering maintanance question

[Fred Schneider]

Thanks for the advises, I will try this. 

Fred PA4TIM

Op 7 nov. 2011 om 16:43 heeft "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> het volgende geschreven:

> That's what the Pace field rep told me to do 30 years ago, as I said.
> 
> -John
> 
> ================
> 
> 
>> I'll have to remember to tell that to the Pace technician
>> who showed me how to "fix" the pump on my MBT-100 desoldering
>> station.
>> 
>> He just stuck a piece of 1/4 inch tubing on the exhaust port,
>> and put both inlet and exhaust tubes in a jar of alcohol and
>> let it pump.  Varsol, or naptha (lighter fluid) also will work.
>> 
>> -Chuck Harris
>> 
>> Mark Sims wrote:
>>> 
>>> The proper way is to disassemble the pump (either the vane pumps or the
>>> membrane
>>> pumps) and  clean the guts (or install the Pace rebuild kit). But almost
>>> every
>>> Pace user just disconnects the hose from the iron and lets it slurp up
>>> some
>>> alcohol.   Do a very short burst,  let it set a while,  then run it for
>>> a few
>>> seconds to pump out the dregs.  Repeat several times.  Alway keep the
>>> exhaust port
>>> covered with a rag, or it will spew grunge everywhere.
>> 
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