Yup....works for me. -Ed- > > I use WD-40 to clean up all kinds of sticky glue left behind from > stickers, etc. Maybe it would work for these rubber pads too. > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 > Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 > Fax: (519)821-1530 > email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > gulftech@xxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> Dennis, >> >> MEK. The I tried soap and water--no good. Ditto for alcohol. Oh, yes, >> I used the MEK in a well-ventilated environment! >> >> I should have stated that this is a PTK169. >> >> Ken Smith >> Gulf Technical Services >> 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway >> Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 >> 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) >> >> ----------------- >> >> On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:35:28 -0800 Dennis Viereck <wa6ati@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> writes: >>> >>> What did you use to clean the messy compound from the bumpers? >>> Dennis >>> >>> gulftech@xxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>>> Friends, >>>> >>>> I haven't posted this as a problem before, because I couldn't >>> identify >>>> the problem well enough to ask for help. After many, many hours >>> of work >>>> and two failed attempts to return the light box to the customer, >>> the set >>>> is finally fixed and I hope this will help others in the future. >>>> >>>> The set came in with the complaint of instant shutdown. The green >>> CRT >>>> was arcing at the second anode. There appeared to be a contaminant >>>> spilled in the area. Cleaning and RTV appeared to repair the set. >>>> >>>> Took lightbox back to customer. Found light horizontal lines, >>> almost >>>> like retrace on all three CRT's. Had not seen in shop. Also, >>> appeared >>>> to have a slight sync problem. For example, bring up convergence >>>> crosshatch, vertical lines had slight "s" shape in middle. >>>> >>>> After many hours of troubleshooting and failed attempts, tried PIP >>> pix. >>>> PIP image was totally out of sync, like is typical of Mitsubishi. >>> Pulled >>>> the PIP module. It had three rubber bumpers to isolate the pcb >>> from the >>>> shield. These bumpers had melted like Hershey's Kisses. What a >>> mess! >>>> Also found seven bad caps. For the record: C424, C425, C426, >>> C501 (all >>>> 15ufd, 50V), C318/.47@50, C518/10@50, and C121/25@100. Most of >>> these >>>> caps check good with a normal cap meter, but high ESR. >>>> >>>> Set works fine now. >>>> >>>> Ken Smith >>>> Gulf Technical Services >>>> 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway >>>> Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 >>>> 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) >>>> >>>> ________________________________________________________________ >>>> GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >>>> Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >>>> Join Juno today! 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