Post by neophone on Oct 12, 2006 4:17:11 GMT -5
Gents,
Well I got off my lazy arse Wednesday evening. ;D I gave the Granada the once over with Old English lemon oil. I just used paper towels as a start. It pulled up a lot of dirt. I will give it another going over soon. I did try the steel wool on a couple of small spots with paint drops-worked wonders.
The horn looks tight, I shone a bright light with the room lights off on both sides of the horn, I didn't see any light through the seams. (The grille is a tricky S.O.B. to get out!) I removed the tapertube base to re-seal it. (Maroongem, you can tell Tom he's right about not removing those side screws to get at the bearings!!!!!!!!!!
that's all I'll say 'bout that! 
) The felt gasket looked as good as the day it was put in, full, soft & pliable. I added a small piece under it. I had to remove it, it was putting too much pressure on the taper base. I added white grease under the taper base and put some in the taper-u tube joint and I wiped some on the end of the taper at the soundbox end as per Tom's advice. I also smeared some white grease between the rubber isolator and the soundbox itself, the Teflon tape I had added had compressed and I don't want to meddle too much with my iffy pot-metal soundbox. I also added some 3 In 1 oil to the tapertube bearings. Well, boys the difference is simply amazing! ;D Even with my fragile pot-metal soundbox I've gotten an impressive volume boost. It also seems to me, although it may simply be my imagination, that I have much more bass and the high notes/tones are crisper. I am very impressed with the improvement. I had a friend over to help-who's heard the Granada many times, and he too heard an improvement. Thank you all for all your advice and support, I couldn't have done it without you!
Here's some photos:
Much Thanks and Gratitude,
J.
P.S. I was amazed at how different the horn was to the horn in my Granada X. Now I'm that much more intrigued to hear the difference between them.
Well I got off my lazy arse Wednesday evening. ;D I gave the Granada the once over with Old English lemon oil. I just used paper towels as a start. It pulled up a lot of dirt. I will give it another going over soon. I did try the steel wool on a couple of small spots with paint drops-worked wonders.
The horn looks tight, I shone a bright light with the room lights off on both sides of the horn, I didn't see any light through the seams. (The grille is a tricky S.O.B. to get out!) I removed the tapertube base to re-seal it. (Maroongem, you can tell Tom he's right about not removing those side screws to get at the bearings!!!!!!!!!!
that's all I'll say 'bout that! 
) The felt gasket looked as good as the day it was put in, full, soft & pliable. I added a small piece under it. I had to remove it, it was putting too much pressure on the taper base. I added white grease under the taper base and put some in the taper-u tube joint and I wiped some on the end of the taper at the soundbox end as per Tom's advice. I also smeared some white grease between the rubber isolator and the soundbox itself, the Teflon tape I had added had compressed and I don't want to meddle too much with my iffy pot-metal soundbox. I also added some 3 In 1 oil to the tapertube bearings. Well, boys the difference is simply amazing! ;D Even with my fragile pot-metal soundbox I've gotten an impressive volume boost. It also seems to me, although it may simply be my imagination, that I have much more bass and the high notes/tones are crisper. I am very impressed with the improvement. I had a friend over to help-who's heard the Granada many times, and he too heard an improvement. Thank you all for all your advice and support, I couldn't have done it without you!Here's some photos:
Much Thanks and Gratitude,
J.
P.S. I was amazed at how different the horn was to the horn in my Granada X. Now I'm that much more intrigued to hear the difference between them.
