[MRCA] Dow-Key Coax relay repair

[DSP3]

On 11/5/2014 12:05 PM, B. Smith wrote:
> I would dissect the coils and try to see what the damage is, if the 
> coil is open you might have a good chance by unwinding the outer 
> windings.
>
> On 11/5/2014 10:57 AM, DSP3 wrote:
>> Not exactly MIL related but certainly tangential...  I contacted 
>> Dow-Key to see what replacement coils would be for their DK-60-series 
>> relays.  They no longer make the old ones with UHF connectors, and 
>> such, but the body and coil design remain the same with their new 
>> series.  I went through two or three reps up and down the line, each 
>> one very nice and communicative.  In the end, they (Dow-Key) offered 
>> to sell me two relay coils, and drop the MOQ requirement.  That was 
>> very good of them but.. the price for each coil was $125.  I thanked 
>> them but declined the offer.  I'll have to look for a few with bad 
>> connectors, and such, but with good coils.....  I should have 
>> expected, I think.
>>
>> Jeep - K3HVG
The issue is not the coils, they're fine.  For some reason, the previous 
owners chose to un-seal the top of the coil housing to gain access for 
who knows what?  Anyway, the solenoid plunger and disk are gone.  I have 
tried a number of mechanical combinations to get actuation to the 
movable contact, below and inside the housing, to no avail.  Things hum 
and buzz and try to move but I simply don't know what the mechanical 
setup really should be.  Solenoids are solenoids, but this one is a 
puzzler.  And, yes, the coil voltage is known and applied.

Jeep - K3HVG