[AI2V]

Somehow I just don't understand the problems with emptying the tar from the blocks. It takes me less than 30 seconds for a complete emptying job- that's not an exaggeration! . With reloading and cleaning up, the entire process takes about three minutes and it's ready to re-install.

I put the block in a vice with wooden jaws, heat it with a heat gun until the tar just appears to be just melting at the edges and put the heat gun down, and then pry out chunks of tar with a small screwdriver. There's no actual tar melting- it's simply softened and taken out in three easy chunks- the soft covering tar, the caps with most of the tar, and the remaining little pieces (if any). Time never exceeds 30 seconds.

I'm looking to buy a 16 right now; I keep telling myself that I don't want any more large radios but this one is local, not in very good condition, and probably cheap.

Pete