Posted by: ipwizard
02-27-2012, 12:43 AM
Forum: Philco Electronic Restoration
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Some of you might already know this.

I stumbled upon something today that I thought might be useful to others. If you ever find yourself overhauling one of Philco's Mystery Control sets (39-55, 39-116, 40-205 ect..) you will have a lot of rotten rubber wire to replace. Two of those rock hard wires lead to the power switch which is on a little platform and attached to a motor through a bunch of gears.

I originally thought that the switch would have to be taken apart to replace the wires for the power switch, but it turns out the cover is just a cap that can be pried off. This makes it super easy, and I missed this on my 39-116 which I’ll have to go back to and replace the wires I just slipped heat shrink over in the past.


Check out the pics.


Switch and motor assembly:
[Image: http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m501...b7274c.jpg]

Closeup of power/volume switch:
[Image: http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m501...5624e8.jpg]

Popping the cap off:
[Image: http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m501...4346e4.jpg]

[Image: http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m501...0b1458.jpg]

Cap off and power terminals exposed:
[Image: http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m501...1d28f3.jpg]

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Posted by: d smith
02-26-2012, 09:12 PM
Forum: Philco Home Radios
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Can Anyone tell me if there was ever a home users manual and service/repair manual for this model 60mb (modern baby grand), I cannot find one anywhere, i've hunted the net for weeks and nothing, any help would be truly appreciated especially if any one has a copy of the Home Users Manual

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Posted by: Radioroslyn
02-26-2012, 04:14 PM
Forum: Philco Home Radios
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Was the 37-116 standard model the only model to use these features together? The last shadowgraph was in '37 it was dropped for the '38 models right?
Terry

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Posted by: baspas
02-16-2012, 09:52 PM
Forum: Philco Electronic Restoration
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I have a 40-190 that with one button pushed (the first) receives one station loud and clear all along the dial, the tuner has no effect. With the last button pushed the same station comes in at each end of the dial with nothing in between. The other buttons or no buttons pushed get nothing but static all through the dial. I sure could use some help. Thanks.

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Posted by: imacdaddy757
02-15-2012, 07:27 AM
Forum: Philco Electronic Restoration
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Good morning. As part of finishing up the Philco 39-30 Code 121, I want to rework the Bakelite cap. It had a single .10 cap wired to the top, on the line at the first right terminal from the bolt (clockwise). The part number on the side is 3903-DG.
The person who bypassed on top it left all the wax and guts still inside, still in the circuit.

I see the 3930-G on the chart at this link, but not the 3903-DG. I saw another post saying that the 3930-DG is grounded differently that the 3903-G.
http://www.philcorepairbench.com/bblokcap.htm

Link saying the -DG is set up differently:
http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/view...hp?t=34208

Can anyone confirm the correct connections of/inside this unit? It's supposed to contain two .10 caps. I want to confirm where they attach -before- I disconnect them to get at the insides.

Also, does the 8-terminal numbering scheme apply to this condenser the same way it's listed on the link above, clockwise with the bolt being Lug 1?

Regards,
Clarence

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Posted by: imacdaddy757
02-15-2012, 06:45 AM
Forum: Philco Electronic Restoration
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Good morning, all. I've done a ton of work rewiring the Philco 39-30 Code 121 because of rotted rubber-coated wiring and want to protect the set.

I've gotten answers to questions on putting in Safety caps inside the Bakelite cap, but where is the best location to put a fuze into the circuit?

Regards,
Clarence

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Posted by: imacdaddy757
02-15-2012, 06:36 AM
Forum: Philco Electronic Restoration
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Good morning. This is my first AC set (and first Philco) though I've reworked several AC/DC sets of various makes.

This power transformer read 65-70 MegaOhms resistance across the primary inside the set, even when measuring on two nicks I made on those wires to get a direct measurement. With it out of its laminations, I'm reading Infinity across the primary.

It's a bit sooty looking and smells like old axle grease but not really a burnt smell.
I can see some of the winding wire, and there was a silver-dollar size pool of wax on the floor of the cabinet when I got the set. I'm not sure how much wax came out of it since I'm unfamiliar with the AC transformers.

There are several nicks in the cloth wiring of the leads but not that bad. From looking at pics that others did of their 39-30 restoration, this is a bit different style transformer than the original, (leads come out the side rather than bottom center) and probably a bit newer.

The photos are on PhotoBucket:
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz199...ansformer/

If it's not salvageable, I'd like to find a replacement. The Philco part number of the original is 32-7976.

Any opinions are welcome.

Regards,
Clarence

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Posted by: Bob
02-14-2012, 09:08 PM
Forum: Other Radios (Non-Philco)
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Hello
I was wondering if anyone knows of a place to get a cartridge and needle for a 1950's Admrial radio record player. The part number is A1372-13.
Thanks Bob

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Posted by: PHILLYPHILCO
02-13-2012, 09:08 PM
Forum: Philco Home Radios
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This is the suburbs..My name is Philco (Philly)...I'm a collector... 9:55 AM Saturday morning February 3rd, I was starting my typical morning beat when a report came in via Craig's list regarding a potential Philco console at a local used furniture store. I decided to investigate. 11:25 AM. I arrive at CRG furniture inside Kutztown. Apparently it was a converted knitting mill from the 50's and 60's and now sold used household items, the kind of stuff you would see at a Goodwill store in 1975, depression era dressers, couches from the 60's, chairs and end tables that I haven't seen since I watched episodes of "All in the Family", that sort of thing. The place was relatively well kept with items set up as they would have been in someone's bedroom or living room from that era .....After seeing the sales clerk " Andy", he led me to the suspected console from the 40's. The area was just at the rear of the counter, it was full of old washers and dryers, tape decks and stereo's from Kenwood and Fisher, the kind of stuff you had forgotten that you had once owned. The console was gorgeous in near mint condition, the kind of console you knew that you had to have even though you didn't have room for it. I decided to take her in for questioning but first I had to haggle a little on the price of 85.00. I was able to bring her in for 70.00 plus 4.20 sales tax (it's the law). After I got her back to my station I did a background check. It was a model 41-290X eight push button standard broadcast, shortwave, police band radio not a rare model but exceptionally attractive. A further check would reveal that she had priors, bad tuning string, bad caps, dry rotted power cord. After I addressed those items I decided to book her on charges of 110 volts, she began to talk, sounded like a conservative talk station in Buffalo. After a more detailed cleaning and a new front cover plate, she will be remanded to my radio collection. On February 13th a hearing was held in my superior court. She will receive a life sentence in my collection..... The story you just heard was true the capacitors were changed to protect the circuitry.....

Note from site admin: Sorry, but the photo which was attached to this post is no longer available.

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Posted by: DKinYORKpa
02-13-2012, 06:01 PM
Forum: Philco Electronic Restoration
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I have 2 working Philco 70s on my bench. The one has a later looking repair on the first detector transformer (part #6). There's a 150K resistor across the primary and a .02 cap across the primary and secondary. Was this a quick fix for a bad transformer?

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