[Johnson] VALIANT VFO

[Dale Smith]

They are both the same,just take left cover off looking from the front. If
you look close at the bottom of the left panel you will see 2
threaded lugs that extend under the chassis,there are 2 nuts under there you
have to take off.
73/dale/ka5who
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
To: "Jerry K" <w5kp at direcway.com>; "radio" <radio at inwave1.com>;
<johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Johnson] VALIANT VFO


> I take it the Ranger is a little different.  I need to check mine and
> probably replace it.  I pulled the top cover and looked around.  It looks
> like maybe the Ranger has to come all apart.
>
> Suggestions are welcome as I don't have a manual yet...
>
> Cecil...
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry K" <w5kp at direcway.com>
> To: "radio" <radio at inwave1.com>; <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:39 PM
> Subject: RE: [Johnson] VALIANT VFO
>
>
> > You're not going to want to hear this, Paul, but you don't have to
remove
> > the entire cover to replace R3. Looking at it from the front, pull the
> > cover
> > on your left. It comes off fairly easily. There's R3, staring at you.
Not
> > roomy in there, but not all that hard to do.
> > Jerry W5KP
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of radio
> > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:58 PM
> > To: johnson at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Johnson] VALIANT VFO
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> > I am trying remove the VFO cover on my Valiant so I can replace R3.  I
> > have
> > the cover loose and can raise it about a 1/4", but it is not free yet.
I
> > did this once on a Ranger many years ago and I remember it was a bear.
My
> > right angle screwdriver is to big to remove the last two lid screws
> > between
> > the front panel and the VFO cover, but I'm not so sure that is going to
> > let
> > me see what's not letting me lift the cover.  I need to get this down
> > because I have a Ranger to do too.
> > Thanks,
> > Paul W9PJ
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