12-22-2025, 09:33 PM
Finished the tubular recap today. Took longer trhan usual: Zenith cap's wax is hard to melt and quickly solidifying.
Also the way the wires are secured made it harder to free the stubs. In sensitive places like chokes I just clipped them close.
The bumblebee, as expected, is solid inside and is not really restuffable, unless I could drill the axial hole (doubt it).
The last thing I did today was freeing the twistlock cap. Not only it was soldered by one tab to the chassis, but these tabs have those small burrs, and it took me over 30 minutes to free it. I have a huge old style wood handle flat screwdriver, probably 0.4" wide and as thick. It eventually persuaded that cap to come out.
The caps are mostly 3 times the value, so they do need to be replaced.
Also the way the wires are secured made it harder to free the stubs. In sensitive places like chokes I just clipped them close.
The bumblebee, as expected, is solid inside and is not really restuffable, unless I could drill the axial hole (doubt it).
The last thing I did today was freeing the twistlock cap. Not only it was soldered by one tab to the chassis, but these tabs have those small burrs, and it took me over 30 minutes to free it. I have a huge old style wood handle flat screwdriver, probably 0.4" wide and as thick. It eventually persuaded that cap to come out.
The caps are mostly 3 times the value, so they do need to be replaced.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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