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116X Tuning cap removal
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So back the the 116X. Have been using it for the last month or two and just putting off the few repairs it needs. But today is the day.
Removed the dial and the two speed drive mech. Took it down to the ball bearings cleaned it up and regreased it. Reassembly  was a little tricky as I'm getting forgetful so took a few tries to get it back and set arrow mask/dial position.
Getting the braid off of the screw heads was easy, getting the screws out was a little difficult. Not too much room the work on them. Didn't have a long enough solder sucker to clean the head of the bolts so the nut driver wouldn't work. Was able to use a pair of needle nose visegrips to get two of them out. The third one I had to loosen it from the top being careful not to damage the threads so it wouldn't get stuck when it was all most out. Eventually got them all out cleaned up and chased the threads for easy installation.
Never did get the replacement grommets from Ed but found some at the hardware that worked nicely. Used a whole one to fit in the chassis hole split one half on top and half on the bottom to keep it centered. This gave me abt an 1/8'' crunch zone and held the tc in place.
Needed to take a little break but should have it back together tonight. There's note on the back of the chassis that states that it was service in '40. Somewhere someone added a phono jack to the back of the chassis which is a handy thing but it's mounted just below the power transformer. No shielding on the wires and I'm getting some hum so am going to replace these wires w/some rg-174 (shielded wire) to hear if that helps. The hum isn't bad but it would be better if it wasn't there.

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry


Messages In This Thread
116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 07-21-2017, 03:43 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by morzh - 07-21-2017, 04:14 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 07-21-2017, 04:54 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by KCMike - 07-21-2017, 05:23 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 07-21-2017, 06:37 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by KCMike - 07-21-2017, 07:13 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 09-08-2017, 10:07 AM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by sam - 09-08-2017, 11:35 AM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 09-08-2017, 11:40 AM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by sam - 09-08-2017, 11:43 AM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by morzh - 09-08-2017, 01:50 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 09-08-2017, 05:23 PM
RE: 116X Tuning cap removal - by Radioroslyn - 09-22-2017, 06:09 PM



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