[ARC5] PL-064 plug

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Neil,

On the PL-Q64 you have to first remove the right angle part (should be 4 
screws holding it to the straight shell with the insert inside.

Then remove the single screw that retains the insert in the shell.  The 
inserts all come out the front, so that you have to thread the back shell (and 
right angle shell if present) over the cable before you attach the cable to 
the insert.

Originally, the inserts were all slip fits into the back shells.  
Apparently, the plastic in some has over the decades absorbed moisture and swelled.  
I have seen cases where the back shell was actually split.  For years, I 
used an arbor press and some custom made tooling to press the inserts out of 
the stuck ones.  After which I took about 0.005" off of the OD.  Dave S. is 
the one who first told me about the 150 deg. oven trick.  But I don't know 
whether he is the source or Mike H.

After you have the wires attached to the insert, you have the great fun of 
getting the insert back into the shell along with the push-button lock 
strip.  What I finally found that works quite well was to turn one push-button 
lock into an installation tool.  Open up the bend to about 45 deg.  Make a 
split clamp block out of wood that will allow you to hold the shell fixed in a 
vise on the bench without deforming it.  You need to relieve the wood on the 
side of the hole in the split block to allow the push-buttons to stick out. 
 With the two holes in the shell for the lock at 6:00 o'clock, place the 
lock that goes to the connector in place with the two buttons through the 
holes.  Hold the tool by the end with buttons.  Place the other end over the 
matching end of the lock that's already sitting in the shell and pull down with 
the button end of the tool just enough to hold the lock in place.  Slide 
the insert (slot down) toward the shell, engaging the tool in the slot, and 
slide the insert smoothly about half way into the shell.  Remove the tool (it 
will just slide out).  Align the hole in the shell with the tapped hole in 
the insert and install the retaining screw.  A derelic chassis male that fits 
the insert is handy for getting the holes lined up but not required.

The rear button on the lock does not have to go all the way down.  Only the 
front one.

In a message dated 11/11/2014 17:07:57 PM Central Standard Time, 
neilb0627 at gmail.com writes: 
> Hi Mike
> 
> Yes, I've removed the back shell locking screw. From your description
> it seems the bakelite inner is a press fit inside the metal sleeve.
> 
> Does it come out forwards (toward the BC-230) or backwards, and what
> about the press-in keys? The rearmost one looks like it won't depress
> far enough.
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM

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