CALLING ALL McGYVER'S

[copierlady]

OK I WANNA HEAR IT. WHATS THE BEST McGYVER YOU EVER PULLED.
I THOUGHT OF THIS QUESTION THE OTHER DAY WHEN I GOT TO A CALL (OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE) AND DISCOVERD MY TOOL CASE WAS IN ANOTHER SERVICE VAN. THEY HAD A JAMMING PROBLEM. I HAD NOTHING WITH ME. EXCEPT.............A BOTTLE OF HAND SANITIZER. "THAT HAS ACHOHOL" I THOUGHT. CLEANED THE FEED TIRES WITH IT............... WORKED LIKE A CHARM. I KNOW YOU CAN TOP THAT LETS HERE IT.

[Herrmann]

Had a Problem with Ricoh MPC2500.
Customer complains, that the double side Print of Business Cards is misalingned. The reason is, that the Fusing Unit rests only due to its own weight on the Driving Gear at the Backside and start moving upwards if heavy Stock enters the Unit.

This is my Solution:

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[zaza]

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[blackcat4866]

I'm sure I've told this one, but what the hell ...

We had a Mita DC-152 in the office that, right out of the box, would melt down fusers. It had had 8 or more fusers in the machine, and after about 3 minutes the heat roller would warp like a banana. Every board had been replaced on this machine.

I'm guessing it had been in the office 16 months by then. I had a brainstorm late one evening and checked the wiring diagram. Sure enough, two of the wire to the main power relay had been switched during assembly. I installed the 9th set of fuser rollers and swapped the wires. I was delighted when it powered up and maintained a steady 180C.

The problem was, that the lower fuser exit guide had been scavenged for a call, and I was just too curious to see if it would pass paper. Toward the back of the shop there was a part of the suspended ceiling that hadn't been finished, so I took a length of suspended ceiling "T" channel, and reformed it into an exit guide. It took a little fiddling to get it to set in there just right, but I was able to test the machine, and go home happy in the knowledge that I had fixed it. =^..^=

[prntrfxr]

Blackcat's middle name is MacGuyver. He has manufactured his own roller shafts, designed his own tools, and all sorts of other things.

Sometimes covers get parts broken on them and I've welded some plastic on them (to actuate switches) with my soldering iron. We came up with a fix for Ricoh fusers to keep the bushings from working loose. We sell them in a kit. Other than that, I can't think of anything. The machines I work on aren't worth major time to make something and I don't believe in duct tape and superglue repairs.

[Zackuth]

I was called out on an FS1128 that had a problem feeding through the document processor. The problem was sometimes the papers would feed, sometimes not. After cleaning the feed tires with no success, I watched it and found the leading feed tire sometimes would get kicked away from the gears, and wouldn't turn. I needed a "spacer", which I decided to use a washer, to put on the shaft to keep the feed tire from moving away. I went to my van and found I did not have any washers. Looking around I found a plastic screw on cable holder, which the hole fit just right on the shaft. After cutting and shaping with wire cutter, my spacer was ready to go. It's been working that way for months.

[User Name]

Paper clips and epoxy are my best friends. I have a number of machines that I've "MacGuyvered" which have been working fine for months if not years. But usually I only Macguyver the older ones that are hard to find parts for, though.

My most notorious MacGuyver is with Panasonic DP-150's. The transport rollers on these are held in by a flimsy bracket which is part of the frame of the machine so if it breaks it causes occasional noise and skewed copies and there is no better way to fix it than looping a paper clip around it and fastening it down with a screw or two to hold it in place. Probably done it over a dozen time by now.

I don't believe in duct tape and superglue repairs.

I do.

[mikadonovan]

I think there is supposed to be 2 large plastic resin clips that secure to the placement pins underneath the fuser to keep that from happening.

Had a Problem with Ricoh MPC2500.
Customer complains, that the double side Print of Business Cards is misalingned. The reason is, that the Fusing Unit rests only due to its own weight on the Driving Gear at the Backside and start moving upwards if heavy Stock enters the Unit.

This is my Solution:

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[mrwho]

- A C350's side door that got the holders for the closing claws broken off. It was either this or the customer paying for a new door - he liked this.

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- Installing a fax board without the mouting plate (it was on backkorder)? No problem!

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- And who never did one of these?

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[ddude]

- And who never did one of these?

Yep!

So many McGyvers, so little time.........

Konica 7040 where the door switch breaks away from the plastic pillars? Cut a bic pen to length with your nippers, the point of the pen is inserted into the hole on the metal frame, and the (cut-to-fit) base rests against the switch. Only problem is you have to ask to borrow a pen to write up the service order......

[mrwho]

Only problem is you have to ask to borrow a pen to write up the service order......

Not for me - It's the customer's machine, it's the customer's pen that's going to fix it. Anyway, I'm almost always "penless"...

[NeoMatrix]

I was called out on an FS1128 that had a problem feeding through the document processor. The problem was sometimes the papers would feed, sometimes not. After cleaning the feed tires with no success, I watched it and found the leading feed tire sometimes would get kicked away from the gears, and wouldn't turn. I needed a "spacer", which I decided to use a washer, to put on the shaft to keep the feed tire from moving away. I went to my van and found I did not have any washers. Looking around I found a plastic screw on cable holder, which the hole fit just right on the shaft. After cutting and shaping with wire cutter, my spacer was ready to go. It's been working that way for months.

Hi Zackuth
Can you explain a bit further on the FS1128 problem. I had a similar situation on the same model machine doc feeder just the other day. I would be interested to know a bit more on how you fixed it. I'm not sure I have solved my customers problem 100% now I read your explanation. If you can attach an image that would be good.

[KEVIN900]

I had a massive toner dump on KonicaMinolta C451, with developer down in the laser unit. My vacuum nozzle couldn't reach to get the laser as clean as I would like, and dis-assembly that far down looked daunting. I de-constructed a highlighter pen, and electric taped the pen shaft to my vac nozzle. Worked like a charm. Clean as a whistle.high lighter mod.jpg

[mjunkaged]

Recently had an HP laserjet with a broken & missing actuator. Used a bent paperclip to stand in while waiting for the part to arrive. Bandaiding isn't always a permanent fix. And a tech. forgetting his tools isn't McGyver, he's had a brain-fart! Sorry. I've done it once or twice myself, so I'm not perfect!
I've also done the tie-wrap thing, the cardboard exit tray thing, and many others! Hey, whatever gets you outta the office with the machine running!

[Herrmann]

McGyver strikes again

Here my newest McGyver:

Problem:
Customer wants to print Booklets in clusters of 100 Pieces on a IR Advanced 5045, but the Booklet Tray only allows an amount of an average of 20 to 25 Booklets of a Time. Removing the Tray lead to no avail, because there seems to be a Timeout running which requires the actuation of the Tray sensor from time to time.

Solution:
I took a little Timer PCB with the famous NE555 and connet it to the Controller Bord; it gives an Impulse of 2 sec lenght every 2 min to the Tray Sensor Port.

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Gaffer Tape is one of the best Tools

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And see it works

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