[Icom] Removing Icom 765 plastic dial window?

[Floyd Sense]

Thanks for the info.  I polished the outside of the dial window, and used a
polish marketed by Mother's for polishing aluminum and magnesium auto
wheels.  It makes a great plastic polish.  I'll have to remove the panel
again and give it another go after heating the strip a bit.  I can
appreciate the difficulty you described in getting the front panel back on.
For a while there, I was afraid that I might NEVER get it on again.  Then it
just slipped into place.

K8AC
Floyd Sense in Angier, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: <N4ue@aol.com>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Removing Icom 765 plastic dial window?


> Floyd, just last week, I removed the window of a 761 I bought on E-bay.
The
> dust behind there was driving me nuts!.
> I took my time and used a jewlers screwdriver and pried the logo strip
away.
> I did remove the front panel to make it easier to work on, but it's not
> necessary. Looking back in retrospect, I believe you would have an easier
> time if you used a hair dryer or left the front panel out in the sun. Take
> your time and it will come off. The trip strip is very soft so be careful
not
> to gouge the top, front.
> I polished the window with 3M plastic polish and it looks bettet than new.
> There will be quite a bit of the adhesive on both the trim and the front
> panel. VERY carefully clean off as much as you can with laquer thinner.
The
> trim will probably be bent slightly during removal. Relax, it's very easy
to
> bend. I then used a strip of Scotch double stick celophane tape and stuck
it
> back on. The combination of the tape and a little remaining Icom adhesive
> causes the trip to really stick well.
> The radio looks brand new, you could never tell the window was removed. In
> fact, the hardest part was getting the front panel back on the radio, over
> all the buttons...... It just takes a little patience.
>
> gud luk
>
> ron
>
> N4UE
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