[R-390] replacing components

[Cecil Acuff]

Kielbasa juice will get that grease stain out....

Cecil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Andrews W5EGO" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] replacing components


> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 01:26:27PM -0500, Tim  Shoppa wrote:
>> KC2JD/4 writes:
> 
>> > Some times it is nearly impossible to get to the lug. Older radios
>> > often are a rats nest of wiring having buried connections where it
>> > might be necessary to remove several other components to get to the
>> > one you want. The spiral wrap connectors are a very useful tool.
>>
>> I myself am not a recapping junkie, nor a "everything has to be
>> original as assembled in Cedar Rapids" junkie.
>>
>> I do have a sort of vengance out for certain components but prefer to
>> blow them up rather than take them out. (We called it "margining" back
>> in the good old days.) I happen to think it's nuts to replace every
>> single capacitor when it gets so extreme that even the ones that are
>> run with 3% of their rated voltage in filament bypass use are accused
>> of being "leaky".
>>
>> I think quiggs/spirals are a fine way to fix a radio without having to
>> disassemble it all the way down to where the lugs can be seen.
> 
> I listen to my R-390 and R-390A receivers, and I try to fix 'em when
> something craters. They're damned impressive pieces of work, but (to
> me, anyway), they're not objects of religious significance, and if I 
> have to use a quigg or spiral to secure a component in a crowded area
> -- something there's no shortage of in either radio -- I'll do it. 
> That does not mean that everyone has to do it, or that I do it every 
> time I replace a component. 
> 
> I don't insist that anyone else put the roll of toilet paper so that 
> the loose end feeds frontwards or backwards, either. I see good reasons
> for both orientations, based on circumstances. 
> 
> Mr. Horse is a grease spot now, anyway. Can we go back to talking about
> ukkumpucky and Sherwood SE-3s again? Please? 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin 
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