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  Posted by John McNickle on 21 May 2009 at 15:50

  Hi

  I changed the pump on my Cadet a few months bak and it has gone already so im thinking i bought a copy pump 😥 or as it was a roland part mabey the more aggresive solvent has wrecked it!! so is there anywere someone would recomend?

  also when i fitted the last one the ink stayed in beads in the piping before and after the pump (like an air lock) had i fitted it wrong somewere or somehow?

  Many thanks
  John

  John McNickle replied 16 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Derek Heron

  Member

  21 May 2009 at 16:24

  Hi john whereabouts are you

  is it the new style pump or the old
  i went through about 5 of the old click click click pumps the tubing wears pretty quick
  i have had the new pump fitted with no problems
  i would advise having it fitted by an engineer as the settings need changing otherwise you will waste loads of ink 😮
  i can recommend a top notch engineer if you need one

  Derek

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  John Wilson

  Member

  21 May 2009 at 16:27

  For a second there I thought we had a new section in UKSB – The Adult room :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

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  John McNickle

  Member

  21 May 2009 at 16:31

  well john theres no harm in asking is there haha

  Derek im in Northern Ireland, the engineers are useless over here like install is as far as they go!! it is the old clicky cliky pump

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  Derek Heron

  Member

  21 May 2009 at 17:43

  hi john sent you a message with engineers details
  hope it helps
  Derek

  john just for you

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzI-UQ-JsaQ

  😀 😀

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  David Rowland

  Member

  21 May 2009 at 17:55

  well i had many pumps for our JV3, they are based on the pipe being rubbed by a spindle, its nothing exciting… there is many similar versions out there…

  i consider a pump to be a consumable, one will go every 6 months to a year. Mainly because they are poorly designed, i have fixed them with new piping.

  Takes about an hour to swap it, just change unclip the hoze connectors and one screw and lift out. However you may need to syringe ink thru if you dont have any ink in the head afterwards.

  There is bubbles of air in our pipes, its never a perfect seal and it is pumping so air will get trapped. All normal.

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  John McNickle

  Member

  21 May 2009 at 21:21

  cheers guys, i ask about the air lock because when the ink is in the bubbles harden over the weekend, that never happed with the old pump, it turns on and runs a clean every 12 hrs but it doesnt clear it all

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