What is missing? Philco 38-116

[jerryhawthorne]

A friend has the chance to pick up a very nice 38-116 console. Everything looks great but a cut up back and the dial which seems to be missing something. Can anyone advise what it is and if it's unobtainable?



Thanks for looking.
Jerry

[SteveJB]

That is intentional. It is a slot where a lever goes. You use the lever to move the dial to one of the station call letters and it sets the tuner on that station. I will post a picture tonight. It may not be a hard item to make, it is pretty simple. The end has a small knob that you hold when turning the tuning mechanism. I have the same lever on my 38-690. I believe the parts are the same for several of the 1938 models.

The radio should tune and work well without it until you find one.

Steve

[SteveJB]

This is what it looks like.

[jerryhawthorne]

Steve, thanks so much for the pictures. It may be that the only part missing is the knob that screws on the threaded shaft that I can see in my picture. That would be nice, missing the whole yoke you show could be a real problem. Can't understand why that would be missing as someone would have taken the whole radio apart from what I can see to remove it. Let's pray that it is only the knob.

Jerry