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Originally Posted by Electronic M
If the coil has an Allen key style slug in it you then you keep the board mounted and you get a special plastic diddle stick that has the Allen key on the on the end and a skinnier round shaft above....you push the tool into the top slug then keep going down till it disengages with the top and then you feed it into the bottom slug....these were common in the 50s and 60s and I find them in service caddies periodically...
Some coils use a flathead screwdriver style adjustment and some use an Allen key adjustment... whichever you have ALWAYS only use plastic adjustment tools. Metal alignment tools will crack the slugs and also change the tuning so if you tune a coil with a metal tool the instant you remove the tool the tuning will shift.
Also unless you have a working sweep/marker generator and a scope DON'T touch the video alignment it is close to impossible to get it right by eye.
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Thanks for the useful info. The dual coil has a hex lug, at least on the top. Should I assume the bottom lug/the lug directly below is the same size and is also a hex?
I have the Philmore alignment set and unfortunately it's total junk. The plastic is as soft as butter. I've gone ahead and ordered this set, as tools 3rd from left and 2nd from right look to be the appropriate ones and I need a better general set.
Otherwise, I suppose I could fashion something.
As far as the other mashed IF can, I've ordered another NOS one to replace. Hopefully the voltage rating will be sufficient.