[Icom] Fw: IC751A caps mod

[Marsh Parker]

Daniel,
I ment to say that the bottom shield was bent back.  The top one came 
off fairly easy.
Marsh

Marsh Parker wrote:

> Daniel,
> I am in the process of changing the plastic trimmers now.  I did not 
> completely remove the shield cover, but bent it back enough to pull 
> the plastic trimmers out.  Use plenty of de-soldering braid to get the 
> cover off and to remove the parts.  I had changed out the other 
> electrolytics earlier.  My display was very erratic.  The only trimmer 
> I have had trouble with was the lower frequency one, but I am going to 
> change out all of them.
> Good luck,
> 73,
> Marsh NC7V
>
> Daniel I. Nieto wrote:
>
>>
>> I am about to do the famous repair for replacing the caps in the 
>> radio due to garbled sound on LSB sometimes, until radio settles down 
>> and becomes usefull.
>> I just got the trimmers, caps & resistors from Icom in order to 
>> undertake the repair but before doing so, given the fact is not a 
>> small undertaking, I was wondering if anybody has done such repair 
>> and had some word of advice for me in doing so.
>> What concerns me most is changing the plastic trimmers inside the 
>> metal case PLL and have the radio work afterwards, since I do not 
>> know how to adjust those new trimmers. Is there a bird's eye view to 
>> go about this?.
>> Any suggestion/recommendation regarding this or other issue in  my 
>> 751A repair, will be greatly appreciated, given the fact I am on the 
>> side of the world and service for old radios is not easy to come by, 
>> oddly enough, you can get any kind of new stuff & technology repaired.
>> I have been living with this problem for a while now, always waiting 
>> for the radio to settle down before using it, but it is becoming 
>> worse and very annoying so I just have to do the Icom suggested fix I 
>> found on their site, very common for these radios as I learned 
>> afterwards. Other than that, I am very happy with my radio and would 
>> never think of selling it.
>> Best regards to all from the other side of the world.
>> Daniel Nieto.
>> CE3HRX     
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