On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:59:16 +0200, "Peter Thoms"
wrote:

Casual Fool wrote
[...]
Peter,
My termaline was a little
leaky too, and it took me a while
to figure out how to take it apart.
The secret is there is an allen
screw on the inside that you have
to engage with the proper allen
wrench, and once you do this, you
will see on the other side what
turns, and how it comes apart.
[...]


Hello Anthony,

the parts are wrenched together that it seems that they are invented as
a single piece.
I have no idea how to turn the allen-screw.
Would it be possible to describe what part has to be fixed and how the
allen screw has to be turned?


vy 73 de Peter, DL6LAT


Hi Peter,
Yes, I know that they appear to be built as a single
piece, but, I assure you, they are not! To engage the allen screw, I
used a "T" handle allen wrench to loosen the assembly. You will see
that the assembly front to back, spins (and thus allows oil to seep
out). As I said earlier, there wasn't any part that had to be fixed!
The problem was that after a number of years, the round teflon
insulator had become compressed perhaps .005 or .010 of an inch, and
the internal "O" ring didn't have enough pressure against the flat
surface to seal the assembly. All I did to remedy this problem was
make a round gasket with a hole in it out of .025 inch gasket
material. I put this gasket against the "O" ring. All this gasket did
was take up the free space where the teflon insulator had "crushed"
over the years. I could have just made a new teflon insulator on a
lathe, but this was a simple fix, in other words, I shimmed the teflon
insulator so its thickness with the gasket provided sufficent pressure
against the "O" ring to prevent any leaks. Again, once you figure out
how to take it apart, you will see what I mean. Perhaps you could ask
a mechanic friend to help you on this if you cannot figure it out how
to disassemble it, as, after six years, I cannot remember verbatim the
exact way I did it, step by step, but its just a bit tricky, thats
all.. Once you put it back together with the new "shim" gasket, you
will see that as you tighten the assembly, it will no longer "spin"
when it is tight, thus, it will not leak oil either! Sorry I cannot
remember everything step by step, but you can do it! Best Luck es 73
OM... Anthony de WB8MLA