[R-390] new 390a, looking for parts

[Les Locklear]

Wally's Wacky World - Wrench Works.....................But, the link is a 
dead one.

Les Locklear
Gulfport, Ms.
DX'ing Since '57
http://www.hammarlund.info/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
To: <Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] new 390a, looking for parts


> There was a fellow that used to be on this list that made replacements for 
> the tool set.  I bought one from him.  He had built a stainless steel rod 
> bent in a 90 at one end and the proper spline in the other.  Also included 
> a long skinny #1 phillips.  It was cool.  I did a restoration on a radio 
> and it came out so nice that I put the tools on the rear to finish it off 
> and sold the radio.  Wish I had kept them but the did look nice in place 
> on the rear of that near perfect 390.
>
> I'm not sure if I have the info on the guy or not...I think he no longer 
> frequents the list.
>
> Cecil...
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com>
> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] new 390a, looking for parts
>
>
> Blair, VE3CZY
>
> I hope someone replied direct to you about the parts you seek and offered 
> you
> some parts.
>
> There are tool holders on the back panel of the R390/A receivers.
> As a Fellow who looked at thousands of them from 1968 to 1975 at several
> locations in the world, I can say I never seen the tools mounted on the 
> tool clip
> on the rear of a receiver.
>
> Item 1 was a long slender Philips screw driver. You want one about 8" or
> longer if you can find it. You would like a slender shaft like with a #1 
> point
> instead of a #2 point. You want the slender shaft as a fat shaft will not 
> fit in
> behind the RF deck to the RF deck green screws.
>
> Item 2 is that spline bit. All R390/A splines were the same size.
> Replacements had various sizes and some plain hex bolts were also used as 
> replacements.
> Find a set of hex Allen wrenches in a tool catalog on line and cheap. Buy 
> two
> sets. You will want to save one in the correct size. From the second set, 
> find
> the correct size and grind the angle part off to leave you with a straight
> bit.  Go swap meet shopping and find a long driver that accepts Allen 
> bits. These
> bits are held in with a small set screw. Buy one that had a bit large 
> enough
> to accept the spline bit. Insert the bit into the new handle and you have 
> an
> R390 spline wrench.
>
>
> Send Murphy Surplus in San Diego an E mail and ask them for two each of 
> the
> Mini BNC to Male BNC with a short 2" -3" cable. Theses were located in a 
> bin
> across from the front counter with all the other odd cables assemblies. 
> They
> were $2.00 dollars each back in 2004. There were about a 100 parts on hand 
> back
> then. That was after I brought a bunch and mailed them out to every one 
> that
> wanted some back then. I have since retired from San Diego to South 
> Carolina.
>
> These are not exact replacements, but they couple to the IF deck and let 
> you
> cable a signal generator to the BNC. You can use the cable assembly to 
> patch
> out the back panel if you are going to use the 455KC output.
>
>
> Murphy’s Junk.
>
> Murphy's Surplus Warehouse: Located at 401 N. Johnson Ave: El Cajon, Ca.
>
> MURPHYS SURPLUS WAREHOUSE:
> LOCATED AT 401 N. JOHNSON AVE:
> EL CAJON, CA. 92020
> ( NEAR SAN DIEGO) 619 444 7717
> FAX 444 6750 EMAIL murphy at cts.com
>
> 8,000 SQ. FT. OF MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND 
> MIS
> ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.
>
> http://www.murphyjunk.bizland.com/
>
>
> Roger AI4NI
>
>
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