On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Mike Dorworth, K4XM wrote:
Hello John. The filament windings should be on the outside and should be fairly easy to remove and or replace. I have done it many times. You have nothing to lose. Drive out a coupla laminations and pull the e and i out. Then peel it like a onion and fix it.Use Scotch plastic tape and put er together again. It will work as new. 73 Mike k4XM
Thanks Mike - that's also a Plan I'd considered - I rewind small motors for the vintage and show car trade, so I've got all the Stuff here to do that easily... also Gary Brown gave me a nice quote on a refurb for it, so there's that.
Right now my Lofty Goal is to get on 80M AM fone ASAP - so I've got the Valiant on the bench trying to find why it's so unstable - I replaced a lot of the RF power section caps and I s'pec one of 'ems gone AWOL - I'll know more in a couple of hours...
Thanks also to all who have written so far - it'd be much more difficult without the Help!
Cheers John KB6SCO
