Broke my 7UP Pop Machine today....(Superbird Restoration)

[Richard Cranium]

They always say "If there's a will, there is a way!"

I was taught "where there's a will, there's a relative".

 

[GTXDAN]

How did you get the guts out of the old regulator without tearing it up?

 

[dadsbee]

How did you get the guts out of the old regulator without tearing it up?

I showed that in various shots last week in random... give me a bit!

 

[dadsbee]

Gutting.

 

[GTXDAN]

I must have missed it.

 

[GTXDAN]

Did the potting melt with the heat gun enough to get it out or was the torch required? Looks like a new old one now. Nice work.

 

[dadsbee]

Did the potting melt with the heat gun enough to get it out or was the torch required? Looks like a new old one now. Nice work.

I started carving it off the case with a knife. Progressed to the torch heated blade, then a zip bit in the dremal around the perimeter. Heat gun softened things up to take chunks out, but I still had to break it out in pieces. Things learned ...two things hold the board in. Two rivets in the male plug / socket clip bracket and the board gets soldered to a spot welded bracket before it is buried in sand and potting compound. No way you're getting one out on one piece!

 

[The Rebel]

Nice job Wayne, came out great. A nice project to do seeing you've had snow.