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Chuck Schwark
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12-04-2005, 02:54 PM
"Jumping" them is not a good idea. It still leaves the old bad part in the circuit, unless you are cutting all the internal leads to the terminals.

I recommend ALWAYS re-building. I assume you've seen this section on my site regarding the bakelite block rebuilding?

BAKELITE BLOCK RE-BUILDING
Easy Steps to Re-building
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philco bakelite blocks - by Chris Drumma - 12-04-2005, 02:40 PM
[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 12-04-2005, 02:54 PM
[No subject] - by Chris Drumma - 12-04-2005, 03:24 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 12-04-2005, 04:05 PM
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[No subject] - by don'tdomelikethat - 12-07-2005, 06:15 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 12-08-2005, 09:14 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 12-08-2005, 09:44 PM
[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 12-08-2005, 11:32 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 12-09-2005, 12:42 AM
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