12-02-2016, 11:55 PM
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Joined: Sep Tue 27, 2016 8:55 am
Posts: 94
Location: Jackson, MI
Got it working as intended. Yes there are several stations on that band. Not exactly certain what the problem was, but likely causes were either a bad connection at the shaft of the tuner or more likely a bad connection of a tube pin to socket. For the tuner, I cleaned the ball bearing and reassembled it. Perhaps some small improvement was made, but not certain. As I was tapping around the sockets, I found one that was questionable, so I took all the sockets and squeezed the connection slightly. Now it works consistently, instead of rarely. With the exception of some minor cosmetics, the chassis is ready for the cabinet, which I am assured will ship tomorrow.
About those cosmetics, the original line cord was round and molded (and extremely brittle). Does anyone make a similar line cord? I could always put on a cloth line cord and Bakelite plug, but if I can get something more correct, why not do so.
Thanks,
TerryMSU
Joined: Sep Tue 27, 2016 8:55 am
Posts: 94
Location: Jackson, MI
Got it working as intended. Yes there are several stations on that band. Not exactly certain what the problem was, but likely causes were either a bad connection at the shaft of the tuner or more likely a bad connection of a tube pin to socket. For the tuner, I cleaned the ball bearing and reassembled it. Perhaps some small improvement was made, but not certain. As I was tapping around the sockets, I found one that was questionable, so I took all the sockets and squeezed the connection slightly. Now it works consistently, instead of rarely. With the exception of some minor cosmetics, the chassis is ready for the cabinet, which I am assured will ship tomorrow.
About those cosmetics, the original line cord was round and molded (and extremely brittle). Does anyone make a similar line cord? I could always put on a cloth line cord and Bakelite plug, but if I can get something more correct, why not do so.
Thanks,
TerryMSU
