[Boatanchors] Receiver restoration questions

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> On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:32, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
>      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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