[Boatanchors] Receiver restoration questions

[Richard Knoppow]

       If you don't get an answer here try the two Hallicrafters mailing 
lists.  I think gromets will do fine for replacing the vibration 
isolators on the tuning cap. They also work for the loudspeaker mounting 
in receivers like the S-20R and S-40 series. The originals were probably 
quite soft.

On 3/5/2015 8:26 AM, Jack Antonio wrote:
> First, thanks to all the replied on the question I had
> about the A-4352 transformer. It appears that the actual
> connection information has disappeared, so I will have
> to hook up an audio oscillator, measure voltage ratios,
> and figure them out that way.
>
> But to get to the point, a Hallicrafters S-76 followed me
> home from a local antique mall a few days ago, and even though
> I'm not a big Hallicrafters fan, this radio kind of appealed
> to me. No major electrical problems, and basically the radio
> is working.
>
> But mechanically is another story, and the mechanics are keeping
> me from finishing the electrical part of it (the alignment is *WAAAAY*
> off.
>
> So two questions.
>
> The rubber bushings for the main tuning capacitor mounting have
> dried out. What is used for replacements? I'm thinking of using grommets
> but wondering if there are any other substitutions out there.
>
> Second. Is there a guide somewhere to the *technique* for restringing
> dial cord?  Not the specifics of how many turns, more on the order of
> what knots to use, how to tie them, how to do a job that needs 6 hands
> when only two hands are available, what are the right and wrong ways, 
> that sort of thing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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Richard Knoppow
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