[mbhdesign]

Hi everybody,

I’m just starting the cleaning and disassembly of a Philco 116B and ran into an unexpected issue during the dial drive disassembly. 

   

The first issue is that the Band Selection Actuator is missing. Now I know why the dial belt was just hanging loose. 

The real surprise was to find that the Band Selector bracket itself has been attached to the dial drive housing bracket?! There are two grounding straps soldered to each bracket connecting them. Here are some pics:

       

Is that typical? Or was someone trying to solve a problem? 

I’ve been following the excellent tutorial in the Philco Library (https://philcoradio.com/library/index.ph...uilding-2/) but it doesn’t show this grounding strap attachment. 

Can I ignore and cut these away from the band selector bracket?