new mistress is an older gal

[bigbillinsc]

i am a maintenance man for national chain motel. i used to be a TV service tech. I HATE THE WORD TV REPAIRMAN. walmart killed the tv service industry. no one is gonna pay 150 bux to repair a TV when they can get a brand new one at wally world for that.

my father in law gave me this machine. he got it when he bought out a storage unit that was abandoned. the machine set in his garage for years with C Cell batteries in it. they had corroded and completely eat away the terminals. so i had to rig it up so i can make my own battery back for it. and they fit right in side the bat compartment. to change bats all i do is open it up and remove a couple wire nuts. put in my new bat pack and go. (i made several packs up and storing them in freezer) right now i am over ten hours on a pack.

the new machines are impossible to work on because they just have a couple chips in them and a display. manufaturers have made everything in them proprietary. meaning i cant get parts. most any of the old school analog machines can be suped up. i wanna do some more work on this machine but i need some very expensive equipment to do it... any body have an o scope? please bring it to TQ HUNT 08. all the tuneing i did on this machine was by ear and some educated guessing. thanx for your interest

[dooby]

Nice job Bill !!! and she looks beautiful !!!

[Kentfb]

Originally Posted by bigbillinsc

NO manufacturer out their makes a machine that will pick up nails....


YOU HAVE TO BEND OVER AND PICK EM UP YUORSELF how many times did ya fall today?

Ha Ha you funny. Didn't fall but heat almost got me. Dam thing is finish now and have to work 12 hr. day for 8 days. Work is interfearing with my hobby. I'm going to have to do something about that.

[julieburger]

Congrats on your "baby".

[LaRoper]

Hey Bill,
I seen some older Oscopes on Ebay, No to bad of a price. I got a Fluke Scope Meter from where I work, but I don't like it much. Its got all this automatic junk that gets me way off on my settings.
LR

[sheriobailey]

Now you guys see what I have been replaced with!! I have been replaces with a machine!!!!

[Kentfb]

Originally Posted by sheriobailey

Now you guys see what I have been replaced with!! I have been replaces with a machine!!!!

See what you've done Wild Bill. You hurt Miss Sheriobaily's feeling. Bad Bill. Maybe this has something to do with getting run over by a tractor

[bigbillinsc]

so i cant reply to my wifes post

[68 Nova]

Maybe you can help me out. I have a 1977 Garrett T/R Discriminator. I works except the speaker blew out the first day I used it. I then bought my Tracker IV and the Garrett is sitting on display. I would love to use it. Where do you get parts and how hard are they to work on?
Thanks for any help you can give,
Brian

[bigbillinsc]

way back b4 walmart started sellin tvs so dern cheap i worked in a tv repair shop. the boss sold out the buisness several years later. the new owner wanted the sales rights to the brands we carried. he shut the repair shop down and threw all the repair parts in dumpster. a friend recovered almost all of them for me and brought them to me. as for buying the parts i dont have i use several suplliers i will be more than glad to PM you there websites and phone numbers . if you know how to use a soldering iron ( pencil type NOT SOLDERING GUN) you can do simple repairs such as repairing loose headphone connections or loose speaker wires. DO NOT TRY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE ANY COMPONENTS UNLESS YA KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. when i was a kid i built an old heathkit machine from kit and as learned more i suped it up. i destroyed a radio shack unit my mom bought me trying to do tha same thing. i didnt know as much as i thought i did at that time.