The plastic knob on the channel selector broke, so a vise-grip on the post from the tuner is used as it is too hard to turn with just fingers.
“The plastic knob on the channel selector broke, so a vise-grip on the post from the tuner is used as it is too hard to turn with just fingers.”
I see. I actually did something similar once with a dot matrix printer that was missing the paper feed knob.
What’s the make and vintage of your TV?