05-05-2013, 05:11 PM
I am not complaining about only having one bandwidth lamp; it kept the switch wafer rewiring nice and simple.
I wish I had taken 'before' pictures -this whole radio was in pretty sad shape and had obviously survived a flood or two (bought it in a hurricane prone area on the NC/SC border).
It is no exaggeration to say when it came home, you could put your pinky on top and almost collapse the wobbly cabinet. The veneer was peeling and bubbling off the sides and missing big strips, the chassis was rusted, the tuning cap was frozen solid, pushbuttons frozen... and on and on.
(I got so caught up fixing the chassis, I never did clean the points on the tubes; thanks for the suggestion!) Oh, two of the 7 series tubes are silvered all the way to the base, and the other two almost all the way down.
Your on/off switch post was the second one I ever read here, right after the 'rebuilding pilot lamps' post of Ron's, but I am just as glad to leave it for now, so long as it is not a hazard to do so.
I can't get anything accomplished around here until everyone goes to bed and stops bugging me, so I will start testing tube voltages tonight.
Is there some kind of ACME rentals type place where a person can rent an oscilloscope? My sum total of diagnostic equipment consists of a multi-meter from Radio Shack (junk, but good enough for continuity, resistance values and simple voltage), two eyes, two ears and a nose.
Thanks again for everyone's help; I really appreciate it.
I wish I had taken 'before' pictures -this whole radio was in pretty sad shape and had obviously survived a flood or two (bought it in a hurricane prone area on the NC/SC border).
It is no exaggeration to say when it came home, you could put your pinky on top and almost collapse the wobbly cabinet. The veneer was peeling and bubbling off the sides and missing big strips, the chassis was rusted, the tuning cap was frozen solid, pushbuttons frozen... and on and on.
(I got so caught up fixing the chassis, I never did clean the points on the tubes; thanks for the suggestion!) Oh, two of the 7 series tubes are silvered all the way to the base, and the other two almost all the way down.
Your on/off switch post was the second one I ever read here, right after the 'rebuilding pilot lamps' post of Ron's, but I am just as glad to leave it for now, so long as it is not a hazard to do so.
I can't get anything accomplished around here until everyone goes to bed and stops bugging me, so I will start testing tube voltages tonight.
Is there some kind of ACME rentals type place where a person can rent an oscilloscope? My sum total of diagnostic equipment consists of a multi-meter from Radio Shack (junk, but good enough for continuity, resistance values and simple voltage), two eyes, two ears and a nose.
Thanks again for everyone's help; I really appreciate it.
