01-19-2008, 01:40 PM
Hi Ed
When these sets were manufactured and shipped to the dealers, the chassis were held in place by large J-bolts. The hook portion of the J-bolts wrapped around the four steel "rods" which protrude from the sides of the chassis.
When the radio was delivered to the original purchaser's home, the J-bolts were to have been removed by the installer to allow the chassis to float freely on what were then new gum rubber washers mounted between the chassis and the supporting wood underneath.
Therefore, it is very unusual to find any sort of mounting hardware holding the 37-116 chassis into the cabinet, since the hardware was supposed to be removed and discarded once the set was in the customer's home.
I once owned a very, very rough 37-116, which I ended up parting out...but anyway, it STILL HAD the J-bolts holding the chassis in place! This is how I know what they looked like.
When these sets were manufactured and shipped to the dealers, the chassis were held in place by large J-bolts. The hook portion of the J-bolts wrapped around the four steel "rods" which protrude from the sides of the chassis.
When the radio was delivered to the original purchaser's home, the J-bolts were to have been removed by the installer to allow the chassis to float freely on what were then new gum rubber washers mounted between the chassis and the supporting wood underneath.
Therefore, it is very unusual to find any sort of mounting hardware holding the 37-116 chassis into the cabinet, since the hardware was supposed to be removed and discarded once the set was in the customer's home.
I once owned a very, very rough 37-116, which I ended up parting out...but anyway, it STILL HAD the J-bolts holding the chassis in place! This is how I know what they looked like.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
