04-02-2007, 01:09 PM
Chuck and Bill,
Thanks for the replies and information.
Just out of curiosity, after the replies, I tested a couple of resistors that needed to be unsoldered on one end to replace a 2/2/1 MFD electrolytic cap. A 16K resistor tested at 29K and a 20 K resistor tested at 28K. Just to be sure the meter was accurate, I tested a couple of unused resistors of similar value on the meter and they were within 1K of value. Guess I'll be checking some others.
Bill, when you mentioned the reflector shape, were you refering to the bulb that backlights the frequency dial? The radio does have that one. However, there is a second bulb that illuminates the shadow tuning meter. This bulb has some kind of holder around the screw base that appears to hold it to the bracket. (A picture of this can be seen at Chuck's site: (http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/smrepair01.jpg). I held the bulb bottom against the small metal L-shaped tab and jumped the screw base to the metal center of the fiber washer stack and it lit. It's the holder around the bulb as shown in the picture that's missing.
One comment. After preparing to attack the resistors, I wondered how to determine the wattage values of the existing ones. A few minutes of searching previous questions/replies on the Phorum yielded the text/photos regarding resistors with the information I needed. This is a very useful site.
Thanks again.
Tad
Thanks for the replies and information.
Just out of curiosity, after the replies, I tested a couple of resistors that needed to be unsoldered on one end to replace a 2/2/1 MFD electrolytic cap. A 16K resistor tested at 29K and a 20 K resistor tested at 28K. Just to be sure the meter was accurate, I tested a couple of unused resistors of similar value on the meter and they were within 1K of value. Guess I'll be checking some others.
Bill, when you mentioned the reflector shape, were you refering to the bulb that backlights the frequency dial? The radio does have that one. However, there is a second bulb that illuminates the shadow tuning meter. This bulb has some kind of holder around the screw base that appears to hold it to the bracket. (A picture of this can be seen at Chuck's site: (http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/smrepair01.jpg). I held the bulb bottom against the small metal L-shaped tab and jumped the screw base to the metal center of the fiber washer stack and it lit. It's the holder around the bulb as shown in the picture that's missing.
One comment. After preparing to attack the resistors, I wondered how to determine the wattage values of the existing ones. A few minutes of searching previous questions/replies on the Phorum yielded the text/photos regarding resistors with the information I needed. This is a very useful site.
Thanks again.
Tad
