[NJARC] another source of vintage parts

[Bill]

Finished repairing the Atwater Kent L2 chassis (see thread), but needed 
a new line cord.

Found a few places in the 'net, but this place had the best prices and 
delivery was in 3 days.  And I didn't have to order 500 feet of cord! 
http://www.snakeheadvintage.com/

As far as the AK, I used a piece of 3/8" power steering return hose from 
Advance Auto (they're popping up like mushrooms on a stump lately) on 
the tuning shaft.  The hose had a larger OD that gas line, perfectly 
matching the original AK part.

Found all the switches and volume pot noisy, used DeoxIT.  Found a few 
plates on the variable bent and shorting, straightened them out.  
Replaced the original line filter caps (never quite reached infinity on 
the ohm meter) with 2 Y2 caps from *Sal's Capacitor Corner* 
http://www.tuberadios.com/capacitors/. All the other caps checked good 
and the resistors were within 15% so I left well enough alone.  Replaced 
the line cord which sounded crunchy.

The set is HOT, especially at the high end.  In my basement, with no 
antenna (other than the three 5 inch leads going to the RF amps grid 
caps), I heard WHAM from Rochester!
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