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40-180: a newbie needs guidance
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Brian,

Welcome to the Phorum!

As has been mentioned earlier, your radio is full of rubber-covered wires. That rubber insulation deteriorates over the years, dries out, and eventually falls off. This will be the worst problem you face in restoring your radio. You can either replace each wire, or do what I do: just replace the insulation.

You can buy 3/16" diameter heat shrink tubing in various colors.

You will need to unsolder one end of the wire, remove any remaining rubber insulation, preshrink the tubing with a source of heat (being careful not to use too much heat which will burn the insulation), slip it over the wire, then reconnect it where it was originally.

When you are finished, the wires will look like the originals - only the insulation will be all new, and should last much longer than that rubber did.

Good luck with your project!

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
40-180: a newbie needs guidance - by Guest - 12-11-2009, 03:59 PM
Re: 40-180: a newbie needs guidance - by Guest - 12-11-2009, 05:52 PM
Re: 40-180: a newbie needs guidance - by Ron Ramirez - 12-12-2009, 09:13 AM
Re: 40-180: a newbie needs guidance - by Guest - 12-12-2009, 10:00 PM
Re: 40-180: a newbie needs guidance - by DeckApe - 12-13-2009, 02:43 AM
Re: 40-180: a newbie needs guidance - by Raleigh - 12-26-2009, 09:30 PM



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