22-05-2015, 04:53 PM
Just to make life interesting - about a week ago I was using the set to listen to shortwave when out of the blue, the cord that drives the tuning condenser snapped. It felt a bit like watching your car door close with the keys left inside!
So, I had to take the dial and pointer drive mecanism back off, remove and replace the broken cord for the tuning condenser, and then put it back together. While taking the pointer drive wires back off I broke the retaining lug on the drum - aagh!
That was more fun than I've had in ages (not)!
So I've got the tuning cap drive back together and I've repaired the broken lug on the drum, but I'm going to test it for quite a while before I put the pointer drive wires back.
At least I got to see the full details how the tuning cap drive works and was able to do more cleaning and lubing of the mechanism (my way of searching for the silver lining
)
Work is under way on repairing and re-finishing the cab....more to come on that.
Cheers, John
So, I had to take the dial and pointer drive mecanism back off, remove and replace the broken cord for the tuning condenser, and then put it back together. While taking the pointer drive wires back off I broke the retaining lug on the drum - aagh!
That was more fun than I've had in ages (not)!
So I've got the tuning cap drive back together and I've repaired the broken lug on the drum, but I'm going to test it for quite a while before I put the pointer drive wires back.
At least I got to see the full details how the tuning cap drive works and was able to do more cleaning and lubing of the mechanism (my way of searching for the silver lining
)Work is under way on repairing and re-finishing the cab....more to come on that.
Cheers, John
Time flies like an arrow, fruitflies like a banana!
