[Joeztech]

A further comment about the Krylon chrome paint - I discovered that it has a rather delicate surface and even fingers will smudge it days later. I think it might still be OK, but it needs to be oversprayed with clear lacquer overcoat for protection. This morning I took the end bells from the bad transformer and resprayed them with the Duplicolor Instant Chrome paint instead. I will see how it is after a full day of drying. We had 56 degrees F. this morning and I did the paint spraying at that temperature in the barn although the paint itself had been stored inside the house so it was at about 75 degrees F. After some initial dry time I brought the end bells back into the house to finish their drying time. I use some wire hooks through the holes in the feet to carry the pieces while they are still soft. I refrain from touching them in any way with my fingers.

I ordered a set of input jacks from DynakitParts.com this morning. I should have ordered them last week but just forgot. The old jacks could still be used but were quite corroded and I just did not trust them. These have gold plated contact surfaces and are color coded like many other jacks in the rest of my stereo system.

At some point I need to order a full jack set for my PAS-3X preamp input and output jack panel. They are still 1964 original and may have some carbon traces as the unit was struck by lightning a few years ago. I replaced the PC boards in the PAS-3X with some modern material boards and polypropylene capacitors plus metal film resistors.

The new chassis from Tubes4HiFi came in. It really looks nice and puts the old chassis to shame. I will post some new pictures once I get the unit back together.

Joe