Originally Posted by
sparkycivic
That's only true if you're still trying to use the motorized-lift cassette.
The spring-lifted machine uses no spring in the feed unit, replicating that design with this modification will be the path to success. There will be steady pressure applied between the top sheet and the feed roller by the spring, where if it were a motorized cassette and the spring were missing, pressure would be intermittent as the motor lift only occurs when the feed unit drops out of the photo-interruptor.
I've done it several times in my fleet of M-series desktops without issue.
Come to think of it... that could be how the motor assy broke in the first place... sensor malfunction causing it to lift forever til something gave. that's quite the gear ratio going-on in there.
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