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Mystery remote mainspring - Guest - 04-17-2010
I picked up another 39-116 radio with remote. The mainspring on the remote is broken on this one. Does anyone have a solution to repairing or replacing the spring? I have done a search on this forum and the net and have not found anything but I apologize if this has already been covered here.
Thanks,
Steve
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - hyounce - 05-03-2010
Did you ever come up with a solution for the broken mainspring in your Mystery Control? I just acquired one with the same problem.
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - Ron Ramirez - 05-03-2010
Sorry, I can't help you with this one. I've never had a Mystery Control remote with this problem.
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - hyounce - 05-03-2010
Do you know how I can safely remove the center cap on the dial? I'm afraid to put a lot of pressure on it, if it is anything other than a pressure fit. Thought I might be able to find a similar clock spring, if I can get to it. Also need to straighten the dial, but I have seen the write-up on that problem and will be able to correct that problem, once I get the dial off.
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - Ron Ramirez - 05-03-2010
hyounce Wrote:Do you know how I can safely remove the center cap on the dial?
http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=2373
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - Ron Ramirez - 05-05-2010
Parts Alert:
http://cgi.ebay.com/380230939119
I do not know the seller, nor do I know if the return spring is good or not.
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - hyounce - 05-13-2010
`The seller confirmed that the Dial would not return, suggesting that the spring had broken. Does anyone care to hazard a guess as to the effectiveness of welding the broken spring parts, and then re-tempering the spring?
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - codefox1 - 05-14-2010
If there is plenty of room and you can hook the broken ends together, then streteh the spring slightly between two brads and dab a little epoxy on the joint. Let is set overnight, and you should be good to go. Else find a retired watchmaker, or some old geezer (like me) who never throws anything out. He should have a jar of springs in the workshop and can probably give you one that will do the trick. We're not talking rocket science here.
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - hyounce - 05-15-2010
I'm confused about exactly how to epoxy the spring and have it function properly. The spring is a flat power spring, much like those used as clocks, except that has smaller dimensions. it measures .110 in. x .009. in x 171/2 in. Mine happens to have broken into three pieces.
Re: Mystery remote mainspring - codefox1 - 05-16-2010
I think I misspoke about this type of repair. I found some comment about silver soldering the pieces together, but if it;s broken in 3 places, well that's another story. I am now wondering if a mainspring from an alarm clock or possibly an old wind up toy or even an antique rotary telephone could work.