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Tuning capacitor cleaning?

ODPILOT
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11-11-2017, 02:07 PM

Thnx everyone. I did finally clean this old tuner with spray electrical contact cleaner I purchased at Home Depot. Seems to have come out nice and clean and they operate clean and static free.

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Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by ODPILOT - 08-01-2017, 04:55 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by morzh - 08-01-2017, 08:34 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by John Bartley - 08-01-2017, 08:39 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by morzh - 08-01-2017, 09:09 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by GarySP - 08-02-2017, 03:12 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by John Bartley - 08-02-2017, 03:47 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by morzh - 08-02-2017, 04:05 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by codefox1 - 08-03-2017, 03:03 AM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by xwarp - 11-06-2017, 10:57 PM

RE: Tuning capacitor cleaning? - by ODPILOT - 11-11-2017, 02:07 PM

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