[Johnson] Viking Valiant VFO and power cord

Robert Sauvan rsauvan at beyondbb.com
Fri May 22 18:40:33 EDT 2015


Hi all,
I just acquired a Viking Valiant that appears to be in fair shape and 
has been recapped. The price was good so if I have to put some bucks 
into it to get it where I want, I dont mind. The only issue which I have 
a feeling looks to be a major one, is the VFO. I cant turn it. Acts as 
if it is hitting something. Took the faceplate off to see if maybe 
something was hitting the dial pointer but I wasnt so  lucky. Its inside 
the vfo box and that looks like a major undertaking to remove to even 
see the variable cap completely to see what is going on. The previous 
owner indicatrd he had "rebuilt" the coupler but I dont know exactly 
what he means by that. So, that may be a problem. There are a couple of 
big nuts holding the shaft on the front panel and I am wondering if I 
were to loosen these, maybe it is too snug, or binding at the nuts, or? 
I cant see any coupling in there due to the electronics covering almost 
everything. I just dont want to start tearing it all apart and find it 
might be fixable without going that far. I certainly dont want to force 
it. I can see it rotate the variable just enough to see it move but it 
just wont continue to turn. Anybody had any experience with this sort of 
thing?

My second question is that the power cord does not have the standard 
fused plug on the end so I am wanting to put a 3 wire cord on this thing 
before I fire it up. Do I need to put some kind of fuse on this thing 
then since the original plug had fuses in it? If so, what have some of 
you done to accomplish this. I dont really want to drill a hole in the 
chassis because this radio hasnt been modified in any way so I would 
like to keep the integrity if possible. If the consensus is that it is 
no big deal to drill a hole in the back and add a fuse holder, I will 
contemplate that. Any suggestions.

Thanks-Bob-W0YBS


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