[Heath] AR-3 Tuning Cap

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 19 Apr 2016 at 15:56, Robert Carroll wrote:

> That´s the same way the LG-1 and IG-42 signal generators work, and
> getting solidified lubricant out is nasty but usually successful. 

Bob: Please detail how you get that garbage out of there and get the capacitors back in 
operation. I also own an IG-42 which I want to put on the bench.

> The generators are not very usable without the fine-tuning capability.   

Neither are the AR-3s... :-(

As I mentioned here, I think that if I remove the caps from the receivers, turn the plates so 
that the rotor plates are at 90 degrees to the main body of the cap, then immerse them up 
past the shaft in something like PB Blaster, or WD-40, that eventually, they would free up 
and begin to work.

What do you think of this idea? How have you "resurrected" yours?

The gap between the two pieces of shaft is very small...

Ken W7EKB