[HAM] CV - Starter motor not engaging TG - follow up

[David Damroze]

On Apr 21, 2007, at 10:53 AM, OF wrote:

> At 10:47 AM 4/21/2007, David Damroze wrote:
>>   As Scott suggested , and with a link from Jeff to the howto , I 
>> tried
>> lifting the manuals to access the start motor
>>   and found that I could only get a couple of inches of room - not
>> enough for any serious manipulation or exploration.
>>   Or maybe I'm just intimidated by all of those little wires and the
>> possibility of over stressing some of those 60
>> year old connections.
>
> You need two stubby pieces of 2X4 or 1X4. IIRC, that wasn't mentioned 
> in
> the WIKI instructions. Put one at each end of the manuals to prop them 
> up.
> That gives you 3 1/2 inches in cross section, more in reality because 
> of
> the angles. You can actually raise the manuals even higher then that
> without breaking stuff,
  So , I need to lift both manuals ? Are they angled or lifted straight 
up ?
  when I tilt the upper manual it starts hitting the pre-amp.
>  but you can watch the wires to see if they are
> getting pulled too hard. There should be/is plenty of room to do all 
> kinds
> of surgery from that position, including motor work, recalibration, and
> filter cap replacement.
  I just got everything put back together but , I'm already thinking of 
taking it all apart again
   It's just hard to leave it alone when you get another idea of how to 
maybe fix it.

>  Or do you have really gigantically fat hands and
> wrists?
  Size 13  wedding ring.


David D.
>
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