[TenTec] Missing Century/21 PTO parts help

David Goncalves davegoncalves at gmail.com
Tue Oct 6 13:59:20 EDT 2020


so - any junk but mechanically complete analog PTOs out there i could buy
or get parts from?

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:58 PM David Goncalves <davegoncalves at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I suppose that’s true - given the repair kit was general over that 70s/80s
> vintage stuff. My rig is the analog version, btw. Wouldnt it be nice if
> there was a DDS replacement that could handle the old analog dial?
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:51 PM Mike Bryce <prosolar at sssnet.com> wrote:
>
>> I’ve always wanted to put in one of those DDS VFOs that run on 5.0 to 5.5
>> mhz. would make for an interesting project.
>> there’s plenty of room behind the dial for an encoder. The only issue
>> would be sometype of digital display (a Chinese digital dial comes to mind)
>> to replace the analog dial
>> ( you didn’t say if the C21 was digital or not)
>>
>> Ten Tec used the basic PTO though out, there maybe one or that that were
>> very model specific, but I’d guess to wager a PTO from  triton 4, Omni A, B
>> or C might work, too. But that’s only my guess
>>
>> mike, wb8vge
>> “The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you never  know if they
>> are genuine”
>>
>> —Abraham Lincoln
>>
>> > On Oct 6, 2020, at 1:24 PM, David Goncalves <davegoncalves at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I’m was trying to restore a really rough Century/21, but have already
>> run
>> > into a snag. It appears somebody has worked on the PTO and left parts
>> out.
>> > I’m missing the wedge (90254), one of the washers (51006) and the pistol
>> > (80263P) and pin (38025)  are damaged. This looks bad enough to consider
>> > junking, given how bad other parts are on the rig. Perhaps somebody has
>> a
>> > failed Century/21 on the list in good mechanical order, or these parts
>> to
>> > spare?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > David Goncalves
>> > W1EUJ
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