[TechAssist] Re: Fw: NON TECH!!! Why Al Leatherman should retire soon

  • From: Al L <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 17:01:41 -0400

small doors?

Al Leatherman
224 RT. 46
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
973-361-5796
WWW.ALS-TV.NET

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From: "Wayne Vanaman" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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
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> Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>>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
>>>
>>
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