[morzh]

Well, I aligned it as best I could, using this thread I found.
I am sure this is not a complete alignment but the radio was not that bad out of it anyway.

When adjusting the IF stage padders I had to fashion out the shield instead of the one that covers the filter. Thing is, the can does not have holes for the padders access.
And if aligned without the shield, the frequency gies up after replacing it by about 2kHz or so.

So I did this


   

Out of fishpaper for sturdiness and aluminum foil around it, which I them grounded with a wire.

After that the frequency did not move much after I put the shield back.



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Question: does anyone know, is the tuning knob supposed to rotate the gang and the pointer in reverse? When I rotate it CW, the gang and the pointer move CCW. And vice versa.

PS. I got an answer on Facebook in AK group: yes, it seems it is popular in AK - reverse rotation of the knob vs dial.