[Johnson] EFJ Ranger 2 restoration in work

Fri, 20 Sep 2002 22:05:34 -0700

Hey Cal,

Sounds like you are having a good time with your project. I have a warning
for everyone... Beware of buying anything from this person  max L PATE
[[email protected]]. I bought Viking II from him, and his packing was very
poor and there was some damage. On top of that, T2 is bad, which he told me
nothing was wrong with it. When I questioned him on it, his comment was
"well it was working 7 years ago"?

Just beware of this person.

Cheers!
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of kwylow zinjanthropus
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Johnson] EFJ Ranger 2 restoration in work

All:

I thought I'd get this project going (as I will be stationed during a
mission for Uncle Sam). Since I have plenty o' time to use, I decided my
first project will be a Ranger 2 to restore.

Originally, it came from another ham in LA by the name of Bob, W3TGG. It was
in pretty sad cosmetic shape. Part of the cabinet was dented (and having the
usual factory paint problems). It was also missing one foot. The mic
connector was non-stock (a 1/4" phone plug of some sort). The nice thing,
however, was it was totally complete and the inside was clean! This was also
the perfect project (and what I was looking for) as I already had a spare
newly powdercoated cabinet and new front panel/bezel to replace the old
skins. I also had extra Ranger 2 knobs to replace the questionable looking
units.

First order was to replace the easy stuff. I found that one of the previous
owners had installed a 3 prong plug and a poorly installed inline fuse.
Since I had a spare ELMECO 2 fuse plug, I used it (since it worked in the
past for me safely, I figured "that the heck" and used it anyways). After
installing it, I fired the Ranger up (silly me, I should have variac'd it)
and it turned out to be just fine.

I also put transferred the sliding "rails" from the old cabinet to the new
cabinet and installed new rubber feet. Finally, I squirted contact
cleaner/lube one the sockets and controls.

So that's about it. Next on the list will be replacing the l.v. cap (with a
100 uF 450VDC unit) and replacing the SO-239 connector.

Cal, N6KYR

P.S. Mike, your $$$ is on the way. Sorry for the delay.

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