Replacement screw terminals?

[dieseljeep]

I've replaced the terminals that were damaged on antenna or speaker boards.
The original phenolic must be intact. Just remove a good terminal from a scrap board.
I usually cut the scrap board to remove the terminal and straighten the folded over crimped tabs and insert them.

[jmetal88]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I've replaced the terminals that were damaged on antenna or speaker boards.
The original phenolic must be intact. Just remove a good terminal from a scrap board.
I usually cut the scrap board to remove the terminal and straighten the folded over crimped tabs and insert them.

I thought about trying that, but in my case, the phenolic got damaged as well. It's generally intact, but the immediate area around where the terminals were inserted broke out, so now I just have two round-ish holes in the board that would have a hard time supporting new terminals.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by jmetal88

I thought about trying that, but in my case, the phenolic got damaged as well. It's generally intact, but the immediate area around where the terminals were inserted broke out, so now I just have two round-ish holes in the board that would have a hard time supporting new terminals.

I usually found the terminal boards damaged on sets that used the UHF ring antenna. Set owner would get them caught on something and tear out the terminals.
Another suggestion is to use the newer type snap-in terminals, as found on the later model sets. You might have to enlarge the holes to get them to fit.

[Penthode]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I usually found the terminal boards damaged on sets that used the UHF ring antenna. Set owner would get them caught on something and tear out the terminals.
Another suggestion is to use the newer type snap-in terminals, as found on the later model sets. You might have to enlarge the holes to get them to fit.

Try Gateway Electronics in St. Louis. When I was last there about two years ago, they had a big bin of them for 30 cents each.

I bought about a dozen and still have most of them. I would be glad to send one except it is storage after a move and I don't currently have access to them myself!

Terry

[jmetal88]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I usually found the terminal boards damaged on sets that used the UHF ring antenna. Set owner would get them caught on something and tear out the terminals.
Another suggestion is to use the newer type snap-in terminals, as found on the later model sets. You might have to enlarge the holes to get them to fit.

I would imagine this set did have a UHF ring antenna at one time. The VHF terminals were vertically oriented on one side of the set, whereas the UHF terminals were horizontally oriented near the top at the other side of the set, which makes me think it was designed with a ring antenna in mind. I'm not sure where I would come up with a set of those snap-in terminals, though.