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Post subject: Re: Help: Puzzling Issue with a '66 BFDR
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:53 am
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tricone wrote:
After looking over various posts on the internet, I've been 'hearing' more and more issues with bad tube sockets. It turns out with my BFDR, I used a home-concoted tool to retension the smaller 9-pin pin sockets, and that seemed to do the trick. Now, knock on wood, the amp fires-up as its supposed to. I played through it off-and-on for a couple of hours yesterday, with no issues. :D

Just in case, I did order a replacement tube socket, but I'll probably hold-off installing it for now.


most old time hardware store carry an assortment of dental type picks that work great for socket tensioning tools. There are usually in a small bucket near the cash register next to all the other cheap dollar type tools...lol
Or if you know a dental hygenist you can get the real thing.


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Post subject: Re: Help: Puzzling Issue with a '66 BFDR
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:14 am
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mxvin wrote:
most old time hardware store carry an assortment of dental type picks that work great for socket tensioning tools. There are usually in a small bucket near the cash register next to all the other cheap dollar type tools...lol
Or if you know a dental hygenist you can get the real thing.


Ah......you've been to our local Ace Hardware Store then.

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Post subject: Re: Help: Puzzling Issue with a '66 BFDR
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:30 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
mxvin wrote:
most old time hardware store carry an assortment of dental type picks that work great for socket tensioning tools. There are usually in a small bucket near the cash register next to all the other cheap dollar type tools...lol
Or if you know a dental hygenist you can get the real thing.


Ah......you've been to our local Ace Hardware Store then.

:mrgreen:

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:lol: Always figured the plastic buckets at the register were a given at the local Ace or True Value....


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Post subject: Re: Help: Puzzling Issue with a '66 BFDR
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:06 pm
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Glad you have that puppy working. I sometimes do a little trick with 9-pins starting to lose contact. Stretch the spring in the tube cover a bit, so that it holds the tube onto the newly retensioned socket a bit better. Not a million-dollar cure, but it does work well with 9-pin minis.


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