11-05-2018, 10:35 PM
+1 Go ahead and remove it as it's not a very good way to connect it. When it's in the aux position it removes the grid bias from the 77 tube and it disables the volume control.
Just as an aside I've been fooling w/my late model 116B. I got it working and aligned back last winter. Haven't done much w/since so the other day I took it for a spin and was doley impressed. What a great sounding set! Plenty of rockem- sockem audio ever w/the smaller 8"spkr! Dial calibration is on the nose. Power transformer run cool unlike the 116X.
Right now I've got it apart replacing the rubber bushings on the tuning cap. Little tip if you need to replace them do it when you are recapping up by the volume and the tone control. It gives you much better access w/ the controls partially disconnected. it's kinda tight between the the controls and the bandswitch to get the ground braid unsoldered. You don't necessarily have to remove the controls unless you want to.
I think you'll really like it when you get it done.
Just as an aside I've been fooling w/my late model 116B. I got it working and aligned back last winter. Haven't done much w/since so the other day I took it for a spin and was doley impressed. What a great sounding set! Plenty of rockem- sockem audio ever w/the smaller 8"spkr! Dial calibration is on the nose. Power transformer run cool unlike the 116X.
Right now I've got it apart replacing the rubber bushings on the tuning cap. Little tip if you need to replace them do it when you are recapping up by the volume and the tone control. It gives you much better access w/ the controls partially disconnected. it's kinda tight between the the controls and the bandswitch to get the ground braid unsoldered. You don't necessarily have to remove the controls unless you want to.
I think you'll really like it when you get it done.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
