Perry.. I'll send you something shortly. BTW...you are in real trouble when you loose one of these in the Flyback or HV block. Been there. -Ed- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:35 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Using the Blue and White (drinking straw) Sony Anode Removal Tool > Does anyone know or have tried using those thin white and thick blue Sony > removal tools on those Hitachi flybacks in the 43fdx01b hdtv sets. You are > supposed to push and twist the anode lead without needing a tool to remove > but I have two stubborn ones. The one lead I managed to get out had the > little tabs bent over backwards and curled up. They break off if you try > to > straighten. These look just like the Sony HV leads, but..I have never had > trouble with the Sony leads. The splitter must be a better design on the > Sony's. They always come right out and don't destroy the leads. I tried > using those Sony removal tools on this Hitachi but they just cracked. How > do > you know when those you shaped cups are over the little tabs anyway way > down > in the splitter. You can't see anything. Seems those tools could be made > out > of something stronger than cheap drinking straw material. Suggestions? > > Perry Bower > Electric Medic > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > http://www.electricmedic.com > 3850 Washington Road Suite 4C > Martinez, Georgia 30907 > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > Phone: 706-863-3474 > Fax: 706-863-2316 > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/