[70cm] HELP Battery for FT-73

[rseal]

Mine had a yellow glue similar to weatherstrip glue on the batteries and the
case.
Made it REAL hard to get apart, but it will come apart.

73
Richard / K4RTS

WJ5O wrote:

> Hi All,
> Surely there is some one on this reflector that has taken apart the FNB-17
> case. Last year I asked about taking apart a FNB-4 case and I received three
> replies.
>
> I thought  it was like the FNB-10 case in that the little silver cover
> sticker could be removed exposing a plastic "lip" with a slot for prying up.
> The case would then come apart.....
>
> What am I doing incorrectly? The FNB-17 has the same little silver
> sticker... and the same little plastic "lip"......... But, when I pry, it
> doesn't seem to release what holds the case together.
>
> I would appreciate a response from someone who has "been there"... "done
> that"   I'll like to install an insert without destroying the case.  How do
> the battery companies re-build them if they won't come apart?
>
> 73 Bill WJ5O
>
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