[TenTec] Has anyone taken off a Scout front panel?

[Mike Bryce]

Kevin and the gang

It’s been at leas eight years ago, but I’ve taken the front panel off of a scout to replace a faulty meter.

Yes, the knobs have to come off, there are mounting nuts under them

and you will need to unsolder the wires to the mic connector. Be sure you take photos or at least make a drawing of what wire goes where.

It’s a daunting task… good luck

mike, wb8vge


Mike, WB8VGE
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> On Apr 6, 2017, at 10:27 AM, Kevin Anderson via TenTec <tentec at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone taken off the front panel of a Scout?  In particular, anything I should know about dealing with the concentric knobs?
> 
> I need to get access to the SPEED/RIT switch, as it functions in the RIT direction, but not to activate the SPEED settings. Either the switch itself is off center and the edge of the front panel opening is interfering, or bad connection, or bad switch itself.
> 
> I took the top and bottom covers off, and took off the inner knob of one of the concentric knobs, but I am not sure what to do next. Being that parts are plastic, I don't want to just start grabbing things with pliers or other tools unless I have some clue what I am doing.  My goal is to gain access to the back side of the front panel so I can check out the switches.  Or is it easier to remove the speaker plate and go in from above?
> 
> Thank you in advance for advice. I am not very experienced in this compartment.
> 
> Cheers/73,
> Kevin, K9IUA
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