10-06-2014, 03:39 PM
I bit the bullet and ordered the 2 Solen 8uF caps from AES. They had a couple other odds and ends I was thinking about getting anyway, so it gave me more incentive to order them as long as I'm already paying the shipping. Now I'll have to go review the tutorials on restuffing cans.
I do have another question on the dial mechanism. The vernier shafts always turn the tuning capacitor. But the automatic dial hub (and the dial itself) sometimes spin, but mostly does not. Does that mean I need to go through the procedure of increasing the vernier tension as outlined in the automatic tuning doc? I'm assuming the whole assembly should be turning as one. I really do not want to disassemble this mechanism further than I did to get the dial and mask out (before they get damaged).
Ron, sorry I missed your post before - just noticed it now. I did not try the radio on anything other than BC while at the seller's house. I'll be sure to ohm out the coil and make sure all is good. I have rewound two outer coils on my Philco 60B. They were well documented and easy to do. I don't know that I could say the same of these coils.
Yeah, its in amazing shape. It is pulled away slightly from the right side of the cabinet in the lower right clarifier grill. Its not too noticeable in the picture I posted earlier. But it is in person. Not only do you see the gap, the V pattern doesn't line up with the middle pillar. I was going to post a pic and question in the cabinet subforum to see if that would be easy enough to fix. If not, it can stay that way.
I emailed Ed at R/R and asked him for clarification on which of the two RF sub chassis kits I needed. He said to get the GPH-690-RF grommets. So I did. I also got the GPH-RFTR to go on the back of the tuning cap, and CW8 for the corners of the chassis.
Speaking of the rubber parts, on 2 of my 4 shafts there were a real thick washer (that appear to be the same as Ed's GPH-spacer) and 2 thinner ones (that appear to be the same as GPH-spacer2). Those 6 pieces all seemed to be in pretty good shape, so I didn't order new sets of those.
I do have another question on the dial mechanism. The vernier shafts always turn the tuning capacitor. But the automatic dial hub (and the dial itself) sometimes spin, but mostly does not. Does that mean I need to go through the procedure of increasing the vernier tension as outlined in the automatic tuning doc? I'm assuming the whole assembly should be turning as one. I really do not want to disassemble this mechanism further than I did to get the dial and mask out (before they get damaged).
462ron Wrote:Hi Nick, nice looking set..in better shape than mine was when I got it. When yours was playing, did you happen to try band #2 and if so did it work? Seems like a lot of these 37-116 have a bad band 2 oscillator coil as mine did. Just to give you a heads up. Also, I bought a chassis stand to work on this chassis as it is very heavy and it worked great.
Ron, sorry I missed your post before - just noticed it now. I did not try the radio on anything other than BC while at the seller's house. I'll be sure to ohm out the coil and make sure all is good. I have rewound two outer coils on my Philco 60B. They were well documented and easy to do. I don't know that I could say the same of these coils.
PhilcoMike Wrote:Wow, no need for grill cloth either!!!
Yeah, its in amazing shape. It is pulled away slightly from the right side of the cabinet in the lower right clarifier grill. Its not too noticeable in the picture I posted earlier. But it is in person. Not only do you see the gap, the V pattern doesn't line up with the middle pillar. I was going to post a pic and question in the cabinet subforum to see if that would be easy enough to fix. If not, it can stay that way.
Radioroslyn Wrote:I've got two 37-116's would like to know what you are going to use for the rubber parts for the subchaiss. Size and p# would be very handy!!! I'm assuming that you are getting them from R/R
Tnx Much!!
I emailed Ed at R/R and asked him for clarification on which of the two RF sub chassis kits I needed. He said to get the GPH-690-RF grommets. So I did. I also got the GPH-RFTR to go on the back of the tuning cap, and CW8 for the corners of the chassis.
Speaking of the rubber parts, on 2 of my 4 shafts there were a real thick washer (that appear to be the same as Ed's GPH-spacer) and 2 thinner ones (that appear to be the same as GPH-spacer2). Those 6 pieces all seemed to be in pretty good shape, so I didn't order new sets of those.
