I work on vintage electronics a lot. The better stuff frequently have 'J pots' in them- Allen Bradley J-Style potentiometers. They are really well sealed. If they get noisy, the technique above actually works fairly well on them unless they are really far gone. In that case you have to drill a small hole in them which is really dicy, but at least then you can clean them.
Question for technicians
Recently I noticed my system was sounding dull and flat. Then I discovered there was little to no sound out of the right speaker, just an intermittent weak signal accompanied by static. Later, I noticed that I could make the signal come and go by merely touching the preamp's input selector switch, or applying a slight push-or-pull pressure to the control knob. I don't have any audio shops around here that I trust and I can do simple things like solder touch-up, continuity checks with a vom etc... Any ideas of how to go about checking this out? (greatly appreciate any and all advice)
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