[Guest]

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

[hyounce]

Did you ever come up with a solution for the broken mainspring in your Mystery Control? I just acquired one with the same problem.

[Ron Ramirez]

Sorry, I can't help you with this one. I've never had a Mystery Control remote with this problem.

[hyounce]

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.

[Ron Ramirez]

Do you know how I can safely remove the center cap on the dial?

http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showth...p?tid=2373

[Ron Ramirez]

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.

[hyounce]

`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?

[codefox1]

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.

[hyounce]

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.

[codefox1]

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.