[Amps] MLA-2500 Tube Conversion

[David Gow]

Excuse my bad typing.  I meant to say to se sure they are NOT Bristol
wrenches which were ny Hallicrafteres as well as Collins and still used in
military and aviation applications.  Glad to know yours as are common HEX
wrenches incorrectly used by their original brand name of Allen wrenches.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:21 PM Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

> On 2021-10-11 11:04 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>  > My dad had an MLA-2500. They’re Allen head screws.
>
> I'd bet on a 5/64" Allen but it's been 30+ years since I had
> my hands on an MLA-2500 so it could just as well have been
> 1/16"or 3/32" but nothing larger than that.
>
> 73,
>
>     ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 2021-10-11 11:04 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> > My dad had an MLA-2500. They’re Allen head screws.
> >
> > Kim N5OP
> >
> > "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> >
> >> On Oct 11, 2021, at 9:41 PM, BILL KENNAMER <k5fuv at prodigy.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Mine are regular Allen screws in my MLA2500. Allen and Bristol
> wrenches not the same thing. I just use a regular old set of all sizes in
> one folding case.
> >> Bristol wrenches are used on old Collins equipment, like the 75A4. I
> let my set go when I parted with A4 years ago.
> >> K5FUV
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPad
> >>
> >>
> >> On Monday, October 11, 2021, 7:58 PM, David Gow <6146guy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> If they are metric hex wrenches any good hardware or commercial
> fastening
> >> house will have them and so does Amazon.. Be sure they are to
> >> Bristol wrench.  If they  are also easy to on Amazon or many other
> sources
> >> including the Bristol Wrench Co. the original manufacture. fing, just
> >> google them.  Allen was the original manufacturer but the common term
> now
> >> is hex wrenches.  If there a unique Soviet design you are on your own
> but I
> >> bet they are metric hex.
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 5:03 PM Robert W5AJ <woodr90 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Additionally
> >>> Anyone located a supplier for the allen wrench head screws used to hold
> >>> covers on??
> >>>
> >>> Robert
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 10:01 AM N4zed <n4zed at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Has anyone here attempted the tube conversion for the Dentron MLA-2500
> >>> from
> >>>> the 8875 tube to the 3CX800A7?
> >>>>
> >>>> I have the instructions laid out by LX2KL and I have a filament
> >>> transformer
> >>>> for the tubes.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> N4zed
>
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