Hammond E-152

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Hello all. I've succumbed to the hammond addiction. I recently picked up an E152 from 1968. It was extremely clean, especially inside, but came with a dreaded container of "all purpose oil".I oiled with hammond oil and wd-40. When I tried to start it, nothing was moving. I disconnected the motor and tried to turn it, but it was really stiff.I pulled the motor out, and took it apart, cleaning and re-lubing the bearings.I replaced it and it ran, so I hooked it back up to the shaft.When I fired it up, only the first set of tonewheels closest to the motor are turning, giving me one note.I tried the hairdrier trick, but no luck.Is it possible that it's still just frozen up due to that bad oil, or is it possible that a connection of some type might be bad. I can reach in with a small wooden stick and move the tonewheels, but I don't know if they're really free. Is there any common problem with this type generator? My M is bulletproof. Can the generator be pulled out enough to do anything without diconnecting the wiring? If I need to pull it, do I just unsolder the wires across the back, or are there others I need to know about. Sorry for the barrage of questions, but this place is a goldmine of info, and the people are fantastic.</p>

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benny
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Re: Hammond E-152



It is likely that the tone generator is frozen because of lack of oil. They are designed so that if a set of tonewheels are stuck the rest can still turn without hurting anything. You may want to give it more time for the oil to penetrate. Or if you were me, or I were you, I would peel back the felt covering and get oil to each bushing I could see using whatever method of transport I had available, such as the straw on a WD40 spray can, hypodermic needle, toothpick, whatever. In order to remover the tone wheel generator you will have to cut or desolder the wires at the tone wheel. This should be your last option. You should be able reach all the bushings that need oil without removing the TG. Others may correct me, but my understanding is that putting together a tone generator that has been disassembled is several orders of magnitude beyond Humpty Dumpty even if you had all the King's men.</p>

[tonewheel1966]

Re: Hammond E-152

I read somewhere on here about putting lighter fluid in with the first dose of oil to de wax the wicks in the TG. Can anyone elaborate?