[R-390] starting 390A restoration

[Bob Young]

I have a Motorola R-390A I bought some years ago and have finally decided to start to restore it. It will be my first 390A rebuild. Everything worked last time I powered it up but it needs mucho maintenance. I plan on taking apart the gear train, lube it adjust it etc with the help of the Y2K manual (which looks really well done by the way), also see if the PTO (Motorola) can be brought back to within specs without taking a turn off (doubt it, it's more than 10 Kc off end to end), recap it, align it and do anything else that needs to be done. I am reading (and reading) the R-390A Frequently Asked Questions Page but am sure I'll have a lot of questions. The first is I pulled the RF deck today to see if it had the death cap still in it and it does. I also noticed three or four brown beauties in there, probably a stupid question but should I replace those also? Resistor checks also? Thanks,

Bob Young
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