[Milsurplus] late 20th century connectors

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Are you talking about the 4-contact right angle with butterfly-wing driven 
coupling nut?  If so, all you have to remove is the threaded retaining ring 
holding in the coupling nut and the disc it mounts through (requires pin 
spanner - see Fair Radio).  That exposes the solder post of the contacts.

In a message dated 6/13/2011 5:34:07 PM Central Daylight Time, 
robandpj at earthlink.net writes: 
> OK, now that I have both chipped the pot metal and shed blood, it is time 
> to apply brains to what I thought was a no-brainer.
> 
> This is what I get for messing around with stuff out of my time period.
> 
> Attempting to re-wire the power cord for R-442/VRC, I have removed the 
> rings from both top and bottom of the plug that goes to the radio, but I can't 
> get any of the guts to budge.
> 
> What do I do?
> 
> RF
> 

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