I just purchased an Olivetti Lettera 35 from an opp shop. When I got it, it was perfect. I then, like a goose, pressed the tabulating key and the whole carriage flung to the left and dis-sheveled. Things under the carrige became lose or disconnected and the carrige was not smooth anymore. So I proceeded to pull the carrige all the way to the left to see what was wrong, in doing so the two spacing machanisms under the carriage came free of the carrige and the elastic wheel underneath came off... How do I fix this problem!? I just wish I had never pressed that **** key!
Office Equipment & Supplies - Olivetti - Lettera 25 Typewriter
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The only way you are going to get it repaired is by finding a Typewriter Mechanic and have them to do it apart from that it is very hard to explain how to get it back together in an email,you might also find that the clock spring inside the wheel has broke which is a common fault.The cost of repair and parts far outway the replacement cost,but if you still want it repaired.look in the Yellow pages & find a office equipment company or Stationery companies which have been established for more than 25 years,if you get in touch with them they might be able to put you in touch with a retired Engineer & if he is like myself would repair it for the cost of th parts,if they are needed & if he can get them,as if you know what you are doing it does not take long.Problem is you have to know what you are doing.I hope this helps.