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It's still got some funny stuff going on, but that's been since it was new - the original builder tried to correct those issues.

It's still got some funny stuff going on, but that's been since it was new - the original builder tried to correct those issues.

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Here's the chassis before potentiometer replacement: https://pic8.co/sh/0J2blG.jpg

Here's what I started with: https://pic8.co/sh/XRXra9.jpg

The pots specified by Heathkit don't work in the circuit - the original builder changed some of the bands out for 5k as opposed to 200 ohm devices. Even that wasn't correctly correct, I need a 10k for one of the bands in order to dial it in properly.

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Awesome job!

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Thank you. I'm waiting on one potentiometer to finish up.

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Did you measure the new caps to make sure you soldered them in the right direction (as explained by Mr Carlson Lab).

If you have been installing, orange dip, brown dip, green dip capacitors over the years, have you been installing them the right way? Even the little yellow ones have polarity in circuit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnR_DLd1PDI