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Old 4th Jul 2012, 2:41 pm   #1
Roger Banks
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Default Roberts RMB up and running

Hi All
RMB 48267 is up and running.
Dead on arrival it was a case of replacing the old wax capacitors, 3 of the valves and repairing broken MW aerial wires (detached where they solder to the frame pins, not broken).
So now she is up and running.
The only thing I have been unable to do is adjust some of the cores in the inductors as they are siezed - any tips on removal and replacement sources?
Rog
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Old 4th Jul 2012, 4:53 pm   #2
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Default Re: Roberts RMB up and running

Try trickling some lighter fluid down into the cores, this should loosen the wax enough to enable you to adjust them.
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Old 4th Jul 2012, 5:11 pm   #3
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Or even ear wax softener drops.
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Old 4th Jul 2012, 8:58 pm   #4
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Thanks both - I'll give it a go.
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