Rob,
I'll be very anxious to know how your PTO lube job works out. I'd like a
process that would allow me to avoid a disassembly and rebuild.... just
flush out the old stuff and spray in the new would be idea. My PTO is only
stiff...I don't think it has enough use on it to have parts wear.
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes
> I lifted the top cover on my CII and eyeballed the meter area (always do
the
> easy stuff first). There's a small pc board mounted on the back of the
> meter switch to make it easy to plug wiring pairs into the switch. A
copper
> foil run on this had lifted off and opened. I'm guessing it came off and
> got too close to another contact point. when I moved the wafer switch
over
> to Ic there was an arc that tripped the p.s. and opened the run. I have
to
> take out the switch and put in a small copper phone wire from a twisted
pair
> to complete the open circuit. the switch removal doesn't look like much
> fun.
>
> While I have it out, I'm going to extend the speaker lead so the bottom
> cover can be removed in the future without having to unsolder the speaker.
>
> My CII also has the dreaded random dead rx due to (I assume) dirty TR
relay
> contacts. I'll clean those (I hope it's easy to get to).
>
> The PTO still has a warble on cw, even though TT rebuilt it last winter.
> I'm going to take out the PTO, remove the (in)famous red gunk and try
> lubricating it with teflon cream normally used on guns. This was a
friend's
> idea and is supposed to be real slick stuff. I'll let everyone know how
it
> works out.
>
> any comments?
>
> Rob Atkinson
> K5UJ
> k5uj@hotmail.com
>
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