[TenTec] Ten-tec Triton IV (540 restoration)

[Bill Harris]

Tri sodium Phosphate for cleaning old boat anchors worked very well for me.
Of course, YMMV
BillHarris

> From: prosolar at sssnet.com
> To: geraldj at weather.net; tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:16:09 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-tec Triton IV (540 restoration)
> 
> Whoa!
> 
> watch out and be careful  using 409 cleaner, or any other cleaner for  
> that matter.
> 
> I've had 409 take the paint and silkscreen right off of front panels.
> 
> I completely destroyed a triton IV using mr clean.
> 
> 
> Mike, WB8VGE
> SunLight Energy Systems
> The Heathkit Shop
> http://www.theheathkitshop.com/
> J e e p
> o|||||||o
> Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large  
> number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 12, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 08:48 -0700, Marvin Haynes wrote:
> > I recently bought a Triton IV at a hamfest. It appeared to be a  
> > basket case
> > , with the faceplate stained yellow with tobacco tar. It is a  
> > restoration
> > project in progress, but I have managed to get the receiver back to  
> > life.
> > The PTO tunes well, but the dial pointer is stuck on the right side.  
> > Before
> > I attempt to getting into the string, is there any Triton IV  
> > specific  dial
> > restring instructions out there on the internet?(like taking the  
> > faceplate
> > off to get to the string). Also, the receiver has a loud AGC pop.
> > I have read that this is a common problem, and there was a mod for  
> > this.
> > The serial # for my radio is 01012. Was this a very early version of
> > the radio?  Any information would be appreciated.--Marvin, WB4OKM
> >
> I found a couple years ago that an industrial strength ammonia cleaner
> from the hardware store was very effective at cleaning tobacco tar off a
> radio front panel. It helped that this panel had been painted with epoxy
> paint, I think. Others like 409 got the paper towel dirty but the panel
> stayed yellow.
> 
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec