My Macintosh 128K

[hoopin4you]

Howdy from Texas.  [] ]'>   I was given a Macintosh 128K & Apple ImageWriter I by one of my clients a few years ago and just got around to booting it up.  Unfortunately, neither the built-in floppy nor the external floppy will take a disk.  Is there a way to fix them?  I read online about lubing the mechanism, but didn't get much info on how/where to lube them.

TIA.

 

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Yes I fixed mine with lube, just don't over do it

 

[hoopin4you]

Well, I tore open the external floppy disk tonight and got the mechanism unstuck by using small dabs of WD-40.  I have to hold the eject button open to insert/eject disks, but at least it's reading them.  I'll tear open the Mac itself and pull out its disk drive and see what I can do.  Need to get it lubed enough where the auto eject will work.

 

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When I was doing it I found a tutorial online on how to do it and where to apply the lube.  I can't remember the address but if you google it you may be able to find it.