01-01-2012, 02:07 PM
Hi Alan,
As the set is pulling stations in I think it likely the new spindle is OK and the problem/s lies elsewhere such as caps or resistors.
If the tuning gang is catching at the very end of travel I think you are wise to ignore it as trying to align these can be a bigger pain than making the spindle was; I ended up snapping part of a vane off on the one I restored and believe me this is incredibly easy to do given the fragile castings involved.
The set possibly has not been run for many years and if so then any number of components could have drifted out of spec or died so I wouldn't take anything at all for granted whilst fault finding.
So near and so far but stick with it and you'll succeed; the only problem then of course is this set will lose interest and you will be onto another project.
Kind regards, Col.
As the set is pulling stations in I think it likely the new spindle is OK and the problem/s lies elsewhere such as caps or resistors.
If the tuning gang is catching at the very end of travel I think you are wise to ignore it as trying to align these can be a bigger pain than making the spindle was; I ended up snapping part of a vane off on the one I restored and believe me this is incredibly easy to do given the fragile castings involved.
The set possibly has not been run for many years and if so then any number of components could have drifted out of spec or died so I wouldn't take anything at all for granted whilst fault finding.
So near and so far but stick with it and you'll succeed; the only problem then of course is this set will lose interest and you will be onto another project.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
