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I pulled the chassis out of the cabinet this morning to clean and lubricate the push button deck and found something that made me pretty happy. The preset station coil that I thought was missing, isn't. Someone had "adjusted" the slug all the way in until it fell out the front end.
(herp derp) It was just a matter of fitting it back into the coil and reversing the screw until it was returned to its proper place. Now I have all 8 preset stations.
While I had it out, I went ahead and replaced the formerly rubber-insulated wires on the preset assembly. I'm also going to touch up the dial glass paint before everything goes back in.
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I know this thread is a bit old, just wondering if the OP found a solution for the loose buttons?
I have the same problem, and also believe that I have installed them correctly.
There are a couple of photos here;
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopi...6&t=301602
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Sorry about getting back so late on this.
To answer your question:
The solution was to just quit worrying about it.
They wiggle. Meh.
Thanks for the link to your pics. They confirm the position I thought they were supposed to be in.
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I think it looks pretty good, I like the angles, very 40's to me. Enjoy.
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These buttons would have looked really spiffy had they been back lit.
Philco missed out on a chance to jazz up this set.
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(08-26-2016, 10:56 AM)Eric T Wrote: These buttons would have looked really spiffy had they been back lit.
Philco missed out on a chance to jazz up this set.
Well, one could always rig up a warm white LED behind the pushbuttons running off the 6.3 volt filament winding, something easily removable, and which would not add too much extra of current load to the winding.
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(08-27-2016, 01:35 AM)Arran Wrote: (08-26-2016, 10:56 AM)Eric T Wrote: These buttons would have looked really spiffy had they been back lit.
Philco missed out on a chance to jazz up this set.
Well, one could always rig up a warm white LED behind the pushbuttons running off the 6.3 volt filament winding, something easily removable, and which would not add too much extra of current load to the winding.
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Arran
Hmmmmm......
Very interesting idea.
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