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   Bob F to Cursitor Doom   
   Re: Vintage Radio Dial Cord Replacement   
   16 Jan 23 15:57:20   
   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/16/2023 3:34 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   > Anyone successfully done this? If so, what's the secret? I've been   
   > f***-arsing around for 4 hours today trying to do one on a 1972   
   > Grundig portable FM/AM radio and got nowhere. The design is most of   
   > the problem. For some reason, the drive pully is completely smooth and   
   > affords no grip to the cord whatsoever, so the thing just slips around   
   > such that the pointer only moves when it can get a bit of traction.   
   > What a f***ing joke.   
      
     Does it need a couple/few turns around the pulley?   
      
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