[TenTec] Agronaut Manual

[geoffrey mendelson]

On May 18, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Jim Vohland wrote:

>
> First off, I would like to thank the serval who have offered  
> information in my quest to get the 505 back on the air. I just  
> obtained this little gem at Dayton this past weekend. My first  
> project is to get the dial string rewound. I downloaded the manual  
> from the ten tec obsolete manuals area and have discovered that the  
> download has the wrong instructions for rewinding the dial. Page 3-1  
> gives the procedure and refers to a "spring" and how to re-cord with  
> the spring. Only thing is, the 505 does not have a spring. It uses a  
> combination of stretch cord and dacron.
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a manual for the 505 with the correct procedure.  
> Just would like to read it.
>


I don't have a 505 so I can't tell you for sure, but the 509 manual  
has the instructions. When I did mine, I was lucky it was still strung  
and I cheated. I tied a new stretch cord into the the loop around the  
dial pointer in the old cord, ran it around the pulleys and fastened  
it under the screw at the other end. I did make more work for myself  
by removing the screw at the far end, removing the crimp on connector  
used to hold it on, and putting the screw back.

Once I was sure I had it done properly, I cut the old cord off.

I found this web page very helpful. http://www.earlandrews.com/argonaut5.html

73 and good luck.

Geoff.
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