Mutoh refurb

Hi all
I have come into possession of a Kodak 3043 which is a Mutoh Falcon or Rockhopper 2 I believe.
I have no idea how long it is since it printed and it runs through all the initialising ok and I can get to 'Plot Ok'.
As expected it won't do a test print but as I love to tinker and fix things I was wondering would anybody be able to say if this could be got going again and what might be involved?
I don't mind spending a few shekels on it if required.
It's Eco solvent plus.
Thanks in advance and please be sensitive with your prognosis :Big Laugh

 

Thanks for the reply....doen't sound too expenxive if it works.
Do you know of any good resources to start reading? Only have the user manual....have been trying to track down a maintenance one as well.

 

Cheers for that. Have started to strip it down and try to identify parts.

 

Stripped this thing down and it looks like it has had a good flush, all the lines are clean with no ink in them.
Put it back together and pulled the ink into the dampers, seemed fine....but now when I power up all I am getting is 'No Waste -Ink Tank'. Can't get by that.....everything to do with the waste bottle is the same. Any ideas?

 

Thanks guys/gals.
This is simply an awesome repository of info...have spent a few days reading about my printer here and I now know such a lot more about it. Thanks for having me and so willingly sharing your experience.
Two things I haven't been able to find:
Will Signlab work as a RIP for this printer? I was intending to give it a computer of its own as I have one spare.
The other thing is: When I broke down the machine I found that one of the waste pipes was wrapped around the cog wheel of the pump, it looked so abnormal I pulled it out again. How would I know that the pump is actually working? It doesn't move or do anything at all on initialise.
Thanks again hope you all enjoy your Sunday, it's sunny and beautiful here in Ireland.

 

Go raibh maith agat CaitSail!!

Would anybody have a diagram or a good photo of how the tubes all connect in the capping staion and pump? I'm not convinced it is right on my machine....would this stop the pump working?

 

Hi, sorry to be a pest but would anyone be able to show me how the tubes and the pump go....somebody must have disassembled it and it is just sitting as a standalone which can't be right.

 

Hi Finbar,
Haven't had a print of this thing yet....but I'm heartened by the experiences on here....seem to be good machines if you can get them going. Would be very interested in finding out where you get your parts etc. This is a slow burning project for me (have plenty of cut vinyl and brush work) it's just the 'John Gormley' in me not wanting to send this large piece of engineering to the tip!.....
Cheers for the hello!
Harry

 

Cheers Finbar, that's great to know. I think I bought some Perspex of them a while back.