Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2011/5/16 21:48:44
5-16-11
Spent about an hour playing with my welder settings and adjusting my technique. As soon as I thought I was making decent welds, I ran out of wire! Figures. Below are some pics of the progress.
I also cleaned, polished and reassembled the radio. The button rubbing issue was actually an easy fix that I figured out by accident. I was applying grease to the button ends with them pulled out so they would move easier. When I pulled out the stuck button, the button itself came off. After a small amount of panic, I went to put it back on. Well, all of a sudden the gap was pretty good and no more rubbing! Turns out that it must have came out as some time and instead of putting the button back in the off center slot, they put it in the far blank space, causing the rubbing. Works great now. I couldn't find an obvious place for the felt so I left it out. I'm sure it helps make the button presses less noisy, but I would hate to put it somewhere it doesn't belong and bind the mechanism up.
So while I was putting the radio back together, my 4 year old son wanted to help. I let him screw the side screws back in. He was having a lot of fun being a "good helper". Then it all went south when he picked up my small screwdriver while I was putting the knobs back on. Before I could even get out "Put that down!" he jabbed it in the perforated speaker guard and put a tear in the speaker! Argh! It's about 3/16 long. Do you think it will be an issue? Is there a way to repair it if necessary or should I not worry about it?
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Spent about an hour playing with my welder settings and adjusting my technique. As soon as I thought I was making decent welds, I ran out of wire! Figures. Below are some pics of the progress.
I also cleaned, polished and reassembled the radio. The button rubbing issue was actually an easy fix that I figured out by accident. I was applying grease to the button ends with them pulled out so they would move easier. When I pulled out the stuck button, the button itself came off. After a small amount of panic, I went to put it back on. Well, all of a sudden the gap was pretty good and no more rubbing! Turns out that it must have came out as some time and instead of putting the button back in the off center slot, they put it in the far blank space, causing the rubbing. Works great now. I couldn't find an obvious place for the felt so I left it out. I'm sure it helps make the button presses less noisy, but I would hate to put it somewhere it doesn't belong and bind the mechanism up.
So while I was putting the radio back together, my 4 year old son wanted to help. I let him screw the side screws back in. He was having a lot of fun being a "good helper". Then it all went south when he picked up my small screwdriver while I was putting the knobs back on. Before I could even get out "Put that down!" he jabbed it in the perforated speaker guard and put a tear in the speaker! Argh! It's about 3/16 long. Do you think it will be an issue? Is there a way to repair it if necessary or should I not worry about it?
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