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Missing 16X-126 dial mount - k9uw - 04-10-2015

Hello, everyone!

I'm working on a 16X chassis (version #4, 4 band) and there is a part missing in the dial assembly.  I'd like to find out what to call it so I can seek the right item.

The tuning knob shafts are present and functioning correctly but the metal disc that supports the dial is missing.  I presume that this disc would attach to the shaft extending forward from the variable tuning capacitor.  Perhaps this part was also used in other sets of the era?

What am I looking for?  Is it simply called "Dial Assembly?  I see that entry on the parts list but wonder if applies to what I'm looking for.

Thanks, in advance, for your replies.

Mike, K9UW
Amherst, WI

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - klondike98 - 04-10-2015

If you scroll down the page of this link http://mcclellans.com/Philco16BCathedralRestoration.htm there is a photo of the front of the chassis with the dial and the metal piece that holds the dial. Someone else may have a better photo of it, but that can give you some idea of what you're looking for I think.

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - k9uw - 04-10-2015

(04-10-2015, 04:15 PM)klondike98 Wrote:  If you scroll down the page of this link http://mcclellans.com/Philco16BCathedralRestoration.htm there is a photo of the front of the chassis with the dial and the metal piece that holds the dial.  Someone else may have a better photo of it, but that can give you some idea of what you're looking for I think.

Thanks, Bob!

I looked at that page and wondered if it would be the same critter.  When looking at a replica dial at RadioDaze, the number of rivet holes is right.  

Wonder how many other sets used that same part?

Mike, K9UW
Amherst, WI

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - Ron Ramirez - 04-10-2015

Hold the phone, guys.

The link at mcclellans.com shows a 16 Code 121. Totally different animal, different dial (5-band instead of 4-band), different dial drive.

I just happen to be in the midst of working on a 16B Code 125 tombstone which has the same mechanism as yours, Mike (k9uw). Give me a day or two, and I'll take some photos of it.

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - klondike98 - 04-10-2015

Oops...sorry Mike...my mistake. I figured the mounting mechanism would be the same.

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - k9uw - 04-10-2015

Thanks, Ron! I'll look forward to knowing what I'm looking for and a picture will trump my ability to describe it in words

Not to worry, Bob. We're making progress!

Mike, K9UW
Amherst, WI

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - Ron Ramirez - 04-15-2015

Here, at last, the promised photos:

[Image: http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k420/mrphilco/Phorum%20Stuff/16-125_003.jpg~original]

[Image: http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k420/mrphilco/Phorum%20Stuff/16-125_002.jpg~original]

Sorry, my iPhone decided the background needed to be in focus here instead of the set screw which holds the dial in place. Icon_rolleyes But hopefully you can make it out.

One more:

[Image: http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k420/mrphilco/Phorum%20Stuff/16-125_001.jpg~original]

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - k9uw - 04-15-2015

Thank you, Ron!

Now I know what to look for.  Is it safe to assume that this part is called a "Dial Assembly"?  In your experience, is this part unique to the model 16 or does is show up in other models as well?

RE: Missing 16X-126 dial mount - Ron Ramirez - 04-15-2015

The only models using this dial are 16-125, 16-126, and the late version of model 144 that has the dual concentric shaft tuning.