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[sparky]

hi
what about the ferguson fire ball tuner that needed cleaning
regular and 405/625 210 chassis change over with soleniod
sticking

[tv john]

Hi Turnip and Sparky, you two must be older than me. I served my time on Ferg 1400,1500,GEC 2100 chassis,Philips  G8 ( G6 was on the way out),ferg 3500,8500,Saba,Korting,Grundig and remember that horrible Pye ctv with the vertical POWER/LINE chassis and PL509/PY500 if my memory is correctly.
Bring back valve and panel plugging.
John.

[sparky]

Hi
surely you can remember the GEC,PETOSCOT,SOBELL,etc top of the range
in the 60's then again there were only BBC,ITV to watch on 405 lines
b/w says
sparky

[theo laird]

Fireball tuners bring back a lot of memories. They got really mucky in coal heated houses. Not only that the spindle bearings wore from round to oval at the turret end. The cure: bronze bushes pressed in after reaming out, first with tapered reamer, then a parallel one. Clean studs and reassemble. Always managed to break off a heater wire from its post if you were not careful.