[Hallicrafters] 2 wire to 3 wire mod.

[Roy Morgan]

At 09:52 AM 5/23/2005, jbrannig at optonline.net wrote:
>I'm with Glen on this.
>Whenever I install a 3-wire cord, it seems to require reaming and water 
>pump pliers to install the strain relief.

There is a special tool for that - it has shaped and rounded jaws to 
compress the cord strain relief fitting. I don't know if they are made but 
I'd expect they are not as hard to find now as are the knurled control nut 
drivers.

Roy


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