JEAN PARROT wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 JP>   Good morning to you Roy, how are you today ?

 RJT> Was told that the problem with this one is a plastic gear that's
 RJT> damaged,  I haven't felt the need to go in there and investigate
 RJT> it yet...

 JP>         This happened to my Canon 4100, it quit on me. I had
 JP> nothing to         loose so I opened it up and found a gear in the
 JP> entraining for         the paper, that had a broken shaft, of
 JP> plastic. I found that a 4"         nail was exactly the same shaft
 JP> diameter and it still is there         humming away for me.  Give
 JP> it a try.

Interesting.  I'll keep it in mind for some point in the future,  when I
have some place to work on it...

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