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I got the new caps and did the recap job. The radio sounds great for a non Hi-Fi AM radio. All hum is gone. Tubes are nice and strong and the controls are now quiet
It does heat up the metal case pretty good since the tubes are like 1/2 inch from the metal cover, but hey that's tubes
PROBLEM:
There is an issue with the tuning, the radio only picks up half the dial. The upper half
When I move to the lower end of the dial scale I can hear the vanes intercept and no stations. They touch and I can hear them like grinding?
Any idea what to do?
Should I try to separate the vanes?
I will get some NON-RESIDUAL ELECTRICAL Contact cleaner and clean the vanes
Then just a potent jot of fader lube in the vane shaft
But it feels GOOD to spend 1 hour and 8 bucks to bring a HUMMING radio back to Earth in time for the end of the world on Saturday
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