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Old 10-19-2008, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by bundee1 View Post
Anyone have pictures and tips on how to do the alps pot mod? I got mine and was wondering how to remove the blue casing.
Bundee1 -

IIRC, you ordered the pot with the square blue housing, like this ALPS RK27 Series

The pot I just received from Lawrence looks similar to this VRA-100S100

(But it is labelled ALPS 820G 100KAX2)

Mine looks similar to the one Penchum used in his ALPS upgrade. I'm not sure if yours will fit (but hey, give it a try). If it doesn't fit (and you don't mind risking destroying the pot) there might be a way to remove the blue housing, but I have no idea if that'll destroy the pot or not.

If you have the correct pot it's a simple R&R direct replacement job. I'll be replacing mine soon, and will try to get some pics and post here, but can't give a specific time frame other than "soon" (read: soon as I get time and am not too lazy).

Good luck.

Edit: Ahhh...just seen you are well advanced with this now in the main Zero thread...oh well, this thread gets a free-on-me bump!
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