I'm trying to get the circuit board that the pushbuttons are connected to so I can rewire it. But I cant get it to budge. The board looks to be held in with a thin metal piece but i can't get it all to separate. Am I doing something wrong? This is on a philco 42-380 by the way.
The '40s pushbutton sets I've worked on the pb assembly has a metal frame that is held in by 4 sheet metal screws. Two in the front and two in the back. There are several wires to disconnect also.
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I try to stay away from the '39-'42 models (I get these sharp pains in my gluteus maximus when ever I work one) so I haven't had any hands on experience w/the '380 and I can't tell much from the service info. Some pics would help out.
These are rough pictures. I'll get some better ones. I took these for reassembly purposes.
Yeah there kinda invisible.
Sorry doing this on my phone. Did it work that time?
"Yeah there kinda invisible."
Is that like sorta pregnant?
Oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's a bunch of stuff needs to be unsoldered/ removed before you can think about getting the p/b out. The bcb coils and trimmers can come out as a unit but from the pics it looks like just about everything else has to be unsoldered. On pic #2 right where the two red wire cross is where one of the mounting screws is located.
That's what i was afraid of. Now if I can make sure I can stick to the schematic without messing anything up. I'll be ok. Would you recommend replacing tube sockets as well?
>Would you recommend replacing tube sockets as well?
Not unless there's a problem that requires it.