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Darkl,
Wait, I did know that.... that the chassis is slanted.
What I wanted you to look for was 'only' the placement
of the tank itself. I'm sure (but I don't have it in
front of me anymore) that the tank mounts with 4 screws
onto the back of what is actually the front panel.
Those screws should be through little grommets, sort of
like rubber doughnuts, which in turn are through holes
in the lips of the carrier itself.
It's important to not have the screws tightened all the
way down. Instead, when the travel lock is engaged,
there should be a bare (threadless) shoulder extending
out past the top of the grommet. With the lock diseng-
aged, the tank should come out far enough to clear the
cushion underneath, and everything should sound normal.
Just don't let the screw sit too far out of the hole,
or the tank might not only touch the tube, but might
also come completely loose, and that's not good. <g>
If the screw holes haven't worn out, then the
screws should be pretty tight in the wood, more
than enough to hold the tank in place, yet leave it
room to reverberate without crashing.
And, as you are contemplating doing, there is the
distinct possibility that someone re-positioned the
tank to a different location, for whatever reason
that struck their fancy. After you remove it, check
to see where those holes are, then look for evidence
of a second set of holes. That's a dead giveaway
of prior monkey-wrenching.
If, after all this, the tube is touching the tank
(and in factory stock units, they don't), then there's
still the possibility that the 6V6 is oversized. A
few such have been made in the last decade, supposedly
to better dissipate heat. A normal 6V6 should be
about the same size, or maybe a touch larger than a
6K6. If it's almost the size of 6L6, or even a 5881
(a bit smaller than a 6L6), then try to find another
tube and see what happens.
That's all I can think of, without seeing the unit.
Hope it helped.
unlunf
--- In , "darklsurf" <dcordes@s...> wrote:
>
>> Has it been removed and re-installed incorrectly?
>> Is it just resting back there because it broke loose
>> from its mounting screws? Fortunately, you've got a
>> close relative nearby to examine (your buddy's unit).
>>
>> unlunf
>
> ...................................
>
> Unlunf,
>
> The chasis is totally different on the 76'. The tubes are angled
> toward the tank. I'm looking at the original 66' model and the
> tubes are straight down, the 76' is at about 30º. I'll have to
> modify it so the tank sits a bit closer to the case, but far
> enough to still be floating. The problem is that it will crash
> easier.
>
> Who'd of known? I thought they were pretty much the same.
>
