[ARC5] Command TX Repairs

[Jess Lewis]

I recently bought (on E-Bay) an ARC-5 Transmitter, in the 2.1~3 Mhz. range. 
Looks pretty clean and unhacked, except for a broken mount for the roller 
inductor. I replaced it with a part from a "junker" unit that I had 
acquired, some time ago and thought I was "good to go".
I kept hearing a small "clink- clink" from the underside, each time I turned 
the unit over. Upon removing the bottom cover, I see that the tiny glass 
(maybe plastic) spacers in each of the three variable caps were missing. One 
was loose and floating around under the cover, but the other 5 were simply 
gone. The seller had carefully packed bubble wrap in and around the caps, to 
minimize "clinking noises", I suppose. Caveat emptor, etc., etc.  No major 
dings or bends in the unit, and I can't imagine just how they got 
dislocated, through normal shipping beats & bangs.
The junker, mentioned above, has all 6 of the spacers in place. Anyone got 
any magical way to remove from said junker and install  these in the unit 
being refurbished, without MAJOR surgery, to remove the caps in the TX under 
restoration?


Jess  KR4OJ