[R-390] Part II

[Les Locklear]

Tom,

There is a "list," I'm at work, so don't have the files available. It is the manual that 
ends with a "P" it has all the hardware listed on the entire receiver, plus other errata.

I'll post the manual number tomorrow when home.


Les Locklear
Gulfport, Ms.
Professional Curmudgeon
Equal Opportunity Annoyer

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:52 , Tom Norris <r390a at bellsouth.net> sent:

>I was hoping to get a straight forward answer for that question,  
>since I wasn't asking
>for myself, since I know what the answer is.  I was asking since we  
>are looking for
>ideas to help folks that may be new to the R-390 and such.
>
>One answer to the "What would I need" is to simply by a ready made  
>kit from KK4DF at
>http://r-390a.us/parts.htm  Not a bad idea.  He puts together some  
>good kits for restoring
>your 390A.  He has the hardware kit, a couple types of cap kits.   
>Nice guy to deal with too.
>I highly recommend Walter, he's a good fellow!.
>
>But the question I posed with the current post was "Is there a list  
>of sizes for the hardware
>needed..." etc.  Sending me to Walter would be like my asking what I  
>needed to become a
>fisherman and you handing me a can of sardines.
>
>I suppose I was asking if anyone on any site has a listing of the  
>sizes of the hardware used for
>the front panel of the 390A. Like most of the lists I've looked for  
>this week that other folks
>have known where to look, I've searched and not found one.  If I were  
>a new person and didn't
>know about Chuck's site or the Y2K page or any site, where would I go  
>for something as simple
>as that??
>
>The list of screw sizes in case the new fellow is hardware illiterate?
>For the front panel he'd need several flat or oval head conical  
>stainless
>steel machine bolts.  (So say some of the bags my hardware is in,  
>depending
>on the hardware) If I were the person answering him, or the person
>whose web page had the information, I'd have photos and examples of
>where to get stuff - either as a kit like from Walter above, or if the
>guy was brave, list the sizes and point him toward a hardware store.
>
>Believe it or not I found all I needed at Lowes.  They didn't know they
>had it, but most did.  Even if I did have to argue with the salesguy at
>a couple stores - right in front of the bin. As I pulled the package
>
>Hardware bulk sellers (example "Scott Bolt and Screw in Nashville) will
>have what they need w/o a doubt.
>
>Here are the sizes that are on misc removables of mine --
>
>8 each #8x32 x 1/2"  long
>5 each #6x32 x 3/8" long
>3 each #4x36 x 3/8" long & nuts (for harness clamps)
>4 each #6x32 x 1/4 for around dial readout
>5 each #6x32 x 1/4 for RF deck cover, if one exists
>16 each #6x32 x 1/4 (if they have dust covers
>and want to put all the screws on both top and bottom.)
>
>I *realize* it sounds silly, but I'm trying to think of questions to  
>ask this stuff from
>a newcomer's point of view.  I'm asking them as I know nothing of the  
>commonly know
>web resources exist and the first thing I found was the R-390 list.   
>I'm asking as if
>I just bought a radio off Ebay or at a hamfest and need to know basic  
>things that may
>be Common Knowledge to most but are NOT to someone who's not even  
>seen a tube
>before buying one of these big behemoths.
>
>I'm just sayin, before this particular thread goes off into Lutefisk  
>mode
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