01-23-2024, 01:28 PM
Progress continues on the 1540 with a small patch to a tear in the speaker cone. I cleaned out the dual electrolytic can and installed 4.7 and 10 mf caps adding a wire through the base to pick up chassis ground. Attached picture. It worked pretty well cutting the cap around a the neck just above the base. I can slip the top of the can over the narrower piece left on the base and it looks original except fo the extra white coming out of the base on the component side.
I’m putting some new speaker grill cloth in and touching up the paint. I’m still awaiting on couple of resistors to bring in to the correct value. It sounds good when I hook it to a wire antenna. Unfortunately the 1938 Woodie Wagon is not available for a while to try on the installed antenna. I suspect we will run into noise issues with the motor running as the car is not outfitted with any of the suppression mods. The sensitivity is running about -85 dBm… not sure what an original may have been.
This forum has been an outstanding resource for me.
Bill
I’m putting some new speaker grill cloth in and touching up the paint. I’m still awaiting on couple of resistors to bring in to the correct value. It sounds good when I hook it to a wire antenna. Unfortunately the 1938 Woodie Wagon is not available for a while to try on the installed antenna. I suspect we will run into noise issues with the motor running as the car is not outfitted with any of the suppression mods. The sensitivity is running about -85 dBm… not sure what an original may have been.
This forum has been an outstanding resource for me.
Bill
