[HAM] Availability of a replacement vibrato scanner.

[Ed Greany]

Jim,
   
  I thought I wasn't going to locate it but found it in my storage shed BURIED.
  It's kinda like a life insurance policy. You never need it until something dies.
   
  I'm attaching three photos for you. I don't see where any threads attach except thru a tiny copper tube into a reservoir. Of course the threads are not there with the scanner removed.
  I don't know what the attached circuit board is but since it came that way it will go that way.
   
  I did not disassemble the organ so I don't know the quality nor source. As I recall I think I bought it off eBay for a spare along with a starter motor which I also have. When I was attacking the M3 I didn't know what I was doing nor what I would need so I started buying. I should have stopped at the oil. That's all it needed.
   
  I hope this can solve your problem. Silent Hammonds are not good. Let me know your thoughts.
   
  Ed

Ed Greany <crest25 at verizon.net> wrote:
  I haven't looked at it in months. I need to locate it first in my "stuff" in my garage and will advise for you. Like I said, it was just my spare tire in case I ever needed one for my C3 or M3.

Ed

Jim Shanks wrote:
> I think I may still have a spare which I probably won't be using. I
> acquired a M3 and thought I was going to need it but after much TLC it was
> resuscitated to life again without the transplant. I can let it go for the
> $65 plus s/h I paid for it.
>
> Ed

Is the condition of the scanner known? Oil threads intact?

Thanks,
Jim

>
> Scott Hawthorn wrote:
> At 06:57 AM 6/17/2008, Jim Shanks wrote:
>>The old Hammond B3 has one problem that can't be resolved with elbow
>>grease, solder and capacitors. The vibrato scanner was completely stuck.
>>
>>I pulled it apart to see what the problem was, and it seems in a previous
>>repair, the oil wick to the outer most bearing had been removed. The
>>bearing had gotten hot enough to cause the brass to turn blue. Now, the
>>plastic (or bakelite) driven gear in the scanner spins freely on the
>>shaft, and unless the bearing and gear can be changed, I can't see any
>> way
>>that it will ever work again.
>>
>>So. I need a different scanner . . . or at least the center rotor and
>>shaft section of the scanner. They keep coming up on eBay, but it looks
>>like the oilers have been pulled from them too. Guess the guys that take
>>them out don't know what the stringy things are for.
>>
>>So, does anyone have a source for the part or the whole scanner, with the
>>oil wick intact? Or, can the oil wicks be reinstalled in those bearings?
>>I can't see a way to get the bearing out short of drilling the rivets.
>
> Bill Brown Organ sells scanners for, last time I
> looked, $79. They have not necessarily been rebuilt, according to a phone
> query I once made.
> Puget Sound Organ Service sells
> refurbished scanners for, last time I asked, $129. Be very specific with
> them about which parts you want included.
> I'm sure there are more sources than this and I'm sorry if I left somebody
> out, but these are the sources I'm aware of.
>
>
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