[Johnson] Valiant to give away plus cash

[Kim Herron]

Hi John!!!

>   I'll give you $300 dollars to take this goddam Valiant from me, and as 
> a special Bonus: I'll personally deliver it anywhere in the continental 
> US, Mexico, and Canada.  May take me a few days to get to you - depends 
> on the weather.  Will consider throwing in the rest of my Boatanchor 
> gear, maybe even the antenna.  Hell, I might even leave you my car all 
> nicely packed, and hitchhike back.

         Done!!!   I live in MI  Just kidding.
coupling INSIDE the VFO can has begun to slip.... once in a while it'll 
nudge the tuning, but mostly the dial and shaft turn, the VFO cap does not 
- I got one side off it, hellzbellz you can't even SEE the damn coupling....
         OK.  First off, Lets have a nice drink and relax.  I like Jack 
Daniels, so I'll pour myself some.  There I feel better already.  Just 
thinking about your Valiant
makes me feel a WHOLE lot better than the Dodge Stratus with PCM problems 
that I have 10+ hours in or the Caravan with BCM and Network Problems that 
took 12 hours to fix and and I got paid for 3.
         So, now that my drink is in hand, lets remove the side of your 
VFO, and with your long skinny screwdriver (did I mention that this is a 
REQUIRED tool
for anyone owning a Johnson anything??), reach inside the VFO and tighten 
the two setscrews that attach the coupling to the capacitor shaft.  That done,
let's do the same thing to the ones in the front of the coupler.  IF you 
can't get to them, take a look at the front of the VFO case through the 
open side that you've removed and look for a slot that goes all the way to 
the bottom of the shell.  You SHOULD be able to remove the VFO shell by 
removing the six nuts that are attached to the studs that stick through the 
chassis.  Once it's off, you can tighten all the hardware easily.  Oh, did 
I mention that you should ALWAYS
tighten all the hardware on ANY kit built radio.  Most people NEVER get 
anything tight.  Let me know if you need my address.  If you're going to 
pay me to TAKE that Valiant and you live where it's WARM (5 degrees here 
today and I worked in the lot most of the morning because the car doesn't 
have problems where it's WARM), I'll PICK IT UP!!!  I NEED A VACATION 
because of all of this NEW ELECTRONIC CRAP!!!!!!!!!



Thanks!!

Kim Herron  W8ZV
1-616-677-3706
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