07-24-2012, 07:15 PM
I finally opened up the tuner chassis and took a look inside.
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Looks pretty good in here. The only work that has been done to it is where someone removed the original cloth-covered wiring harness which runs out to the amp/power supply, and replaced it with individual modern plastic-coated wires. A couple of the original caps were replaced decades ago, but this appears to have been untouched (save for the wiring harness as mentioned above).
Good news: It appears that almost all of the original capacitors are still inside, so I will be able to restuff them as I had wanted to do. One electrolytic box was obviously replaced with an Aerovox tubular unit in the center of the chassis. There is another Aerovox electrolytic off to the side; it, too, may be a replacement for an original rectangular box.
Bad news: Some of the original Sprague paper caps have metal bands around them; these are riveted to the chassis. This will make replacement a little more challenging.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00002.jpg]
Notice some surface rust on the bottom of the chassis cover...
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00003.jpg]
...and if you look really close, you will notice some bubbling veneer where the tuner sits.
Apparently this was in a damp environment at one time. Fortunately, the worst damage appears to be the rust on the amp/power supply, and the bubbling veneer on the very top of the Clifton cabinet - where it is hidden by the tuner chassis.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00001.jpg]
Looks pretty good in here. The only work that has been done to it is where someone removed the original cloth-covered wiring harness which runs out to the amp/power supply, and replaced it with individual modern plastic-coated wires. A couple of the original caps were replaced decades ago, but this appears to have been untouched (save for the wiring harness as mentioned above).
Good news: It appears that almost all of the original capacitors are still inside, so I will be able to restuff them as I had wanted to do. One electrolytic box was obviously replaced with an Aerovox tubular unit in the center of the chassis. There is another Aerovox electrolytic off to the side; it, too, may be a replacement for an original rectangular box.
Bad news: Some of the original Sprague paper caps have metal bands around them; these are riveted to the chassis. This will make replacement a little more challenging.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00002.jpg]
Notice some surface rust on the bottom of the chassis cover...
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum..._00003.jpg]
...and if you look really close, you will notice some bubbling veneer where the tuner sits.
Apparently this was in a damp environment at one time. Fortunately, the worst damage appears to be the rust on the amp/power supply, and the bubbling veneer on the very top of the Clifton cabinet - where it is hidden by the tuner chassis.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
