[Hallicrafters] R45/ARR-7 Receiver by Hallicrafters

[Richard Knoppow]

    El Menco made real silver mica caps. If the trimmers are the 
same as used by Collins there is information on how to clean and 
repair them. Not difficult. See the Collins Collectors 
Association web site to find the articles.

On 3/7/2018 12:48 AM, Alf Fisher wrote:
> Richard,
> I looked at the capacitor I removed on Saturday and it has a 
> black dot in the top left corner.
> After scraping away the waxy stuff I found it was manufactured by 
> EL-MENCO.
> There is lots of stuff written about these on the web but the 
> bottom line is - it is leaky so it came out.
> The radio is working fairly well now although I couldn't satisfy 
> myself that it is as good as it could be.
> The little silver/ ceramic trimmers are unmovable and seized so I 
> was unable to optimise the alignment as per the manual.
> Is there a way to un-seize them or is it a case of replacement?
> 
> Alf, G3WSD

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Richard Knoppow
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