[David Dunlop]

Stripping down the Coil, Aerial Tuning No. 2 A is a relatively straight forward process. If you just need to remove the complete chassis from the case for an inspection, or a minor cleaning, the four steps to do so are nicely explained on Page 139 of the Working Instructions manual for the 52-Set.

However, if a full tear down, including removal of the front panel from the chassis is needed, you will have to ensure you dial the Coil Tuning Counter back to its ‘0000’ Start Position and make sure it stays that way throughout your work. It is important to keep the coil and its counter in sync with each other, while disconnected from each other.

The first step after setting the Counter to ‘0000’ is to remove the 10, 3/4-inch, RH slotted steel wood screws securing the wooden back to the case. My approach has always been to identify everything and put it back where it came from during reassembly. Built into this process is the ability to find damaged items during disassembly and getting them fixed, or replaced, before everything goes back together. During reassembly, I also know the parts should fit just fine because they did when they came apart and I am not about to try and put a stripped item onto a perfectly good item and strip it in the process as well. May seem like an excessive process, but it has worked for me for decades.

You can see in the attached photos that the NATO Green has been applied in a very thick coat inside and out on this Coil Assembly. However, the possible bright side is that there are a lot of large chips in the NATO Green paint on the inside of the back cover, so the prep work during the repaint mat not have happened and this paint might come off fairly easily, when I get to that point.

With the wooden back out of the way, the next step will be to disconnect the three leads for the Aerial feeds in the bottom rear corners and the upper right rear, shown in the last photo.



David