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Tropic 53-960 restoration
Ron Ramirez
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06-24-2018, 09:41 PM
I believe the adjustment is to line up the permeability tuning so that it will track properly. It has been a while since I rebuilt my 53-960, so I honestly do not remember all of the details. I think I did this on mine? Icon_crazy
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Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 05-26-2018, 05:12 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 07:04 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by KCMike - 05-26-2018, 08:01 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 05-26-2018, 08:09 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 09:28 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 05-27-2018, 09:15 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 05-27-2018, 09:41 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Arran - 05-29-2018, 03:45 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 05-29-2018, 08:01 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-03-2018, 06:55 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-05-2018, 10:39 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Arran - 06-06-2018, 12:16 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-06-2018, 06:05 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-06-2018, 07:18 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-06-2018, 07:58 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-06-2018, 08:41 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-06-2018, 09:12 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-06-2018, 09:49 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Arran - 06-07-2018, 05:25 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-07-2018, 09:07 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-07-2018, 10:00 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-08-2018, 06:30 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-14-2018, 10:47 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Arran - 06-15-2018, 04:06 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-15-2018, 09:27 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Arran - 06-16-2018, 03:28 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-16-2018, 07:49 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-17-2018, 05:52 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by KCMike - 06-17-2018, 07:13 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-17-2018, 07:48 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-22-2018, 07:47 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-23-2018, 10:35 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-23-2018, 01:48 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by sam - 06-23-2018, 02:29 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 03:14 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-23-2018, 03:29 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 03:44 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 03:47 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-23-2018, 04:08 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 04:24 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-23-2018, 04:42 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-23-2018, 08:27 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-24-2018, 05:58 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by KCMike - 06-24-2018, 07:25 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 07:51 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by KCMike - 06-24-2018, 08:09 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-24-2018, 08:19 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 09:41 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-24-2018, 10:36 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-27-2018, 09:00 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-28-2018, 10:24 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by WyTex - 06-29-2018, 08:47 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-29-2018, 09:06 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by WyTex - 06-29-2018, 09:35 AM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-29-2018, 12:12 PM
RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by morzh - 06-29-2018, 09:30 PM



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