Tuning can C3 replacement!!!

[15minigrass]

What value or is there a place online I can order a tuning can for my Cobra 135XLR. This can varies the power on AM.(Deadkey Adj. The core is cracked. Someone refered that I desolder it and remove the core. But I wont know the value of the core or Can........

Kokua please!!!! One5!!!

 

[Robb]

http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/cobra/135xlr/graphics/cobra_135xlr_om_parts_list.pdf

"C3" is a fixed 470pfd capacitor; not a coil.

This is the parts list for your radio. You will need to examine the board carefully and look for a number printed on that board next to the part that has failed. Should be a letter and number. Coils on a board usually begin with the capital letter "L". So, it should look something like "Lxxx". The "x" will be a either one, two, or even three different numbers next to the "L". Once you have located and verified its identity, look up in the parts list. The number might be "L1" or even "L203"; that is for you to find out. It is very important that you identify this coil correctly. Once you find it on the parts list, you can contact Cobra and buy the part from them. Or - someone on this forum might have a junker radio and sell/send you the part. Either way, you won't use a metal screwdriver to adjust this coil any more - right?!?
lol!
Aloha

 

[15minigrass]

Sorry , i think its L3.....

 

[Robb]

If it is L3; then it is the Dyanscan part number #091-096-9-001.
Make sure . . .

 

[Wrench]

Desolder it from the board, and remove it from the bottom. The cores have a slot on both ends. Find an old can, and use the core (or "slug) from it.

 

[unit_399]

15 Mini -

Desolder the can and remove the core. Examine it. If only a small portion around the slot is missing, turn it over and install it in the coil with the good slot toward the top. Resolder the coil into the board, retune it, and you'll be good to go. If a small piece of the core is missing, it will have no adverse effect. 73s

- 399

 

[mr_fx]

I cracked a core on a can once... then I just desoldered it and tuned the core until it came out and replaced the core with one from a parts radio... worked PERFECTLY