small doors? Al Leatherman 224 RT. 46 Mine Hill, NJ 07803 973-361-5796 WWW.ALS-TV.NET ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Vanaman" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:25 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman should retire soon >I don't mind the 178/179 or even the 188/189s. BUT the CTC170s 171, and > 172s don't come thru our doors. > > Wayne Vanaman > Omega Electronics > 6904 W Fairfield Dr > Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310 > > Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com > > 850-456-5995 voice > 850-458-6369 fax > > > Electric Medic wrote: >> Al: You can add the CTC178 and CTC179 to the crap list. Why, after making >> such a great chassis CTC169, at least for us servicers, they made the >> 170, >> 178, and 179 is unexplainable. I cringe everytime one of these come in. I >> love the CTC169, 177, 187, 195, but those other three are money losers >> and >> junk in my opinion. The rebuilders don't even like them, they have sent >> them >> back to me unrepairable before, their quote. we don't know what is wrong >> with it, rarely does that happen on other chassis. >> >> 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 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al L >> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:58 PM >> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman shoud retire >> soon >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>CTC170! I replaced Q2502 for no vertical, after applying the usual pound >>>of solder,still no VD. >>> I spent about 7 hours over the next two days checking and >>>analyzing,finding no vertical drive.FINALLY I checked the voltages on the >>>ramp driver,very wrong,and THEN I discovered the blind tech(with >>>magnifiers) had failed to solder the emitter of Q2502 to the foil! >>>Soldered it and it works. >>> A certain CET and CSM from Florida and Ohio are correct,STAY AWAY FROM >>>CTC170 RCA's! >>>I will now put ctc170 officially on my crap list! >>> Thanks for the service notes,guys! BTW, it came in dead,so I am not >>>totaly stupid! al >>> >>>Al Leatherman >>>224 RT. 46 >>>Mine Hill, NJ 07803 >>>973-361-5796 >>>WWW.ALS-TV.NET >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >> 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 >> 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 > 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 Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/