[willits18]

Just picked this up locally. No power cord. When I tested the tubes I think I know why. 3 bad tubes, 2 shorted, and 1 barely good tube. I have bought a lot of recap kits form Hayseed Hamfest. They don't list Philcos, although they have made electrolytics for one of mine. See pics

[radiorich]

Hello willits18,
First of all I wanted to say welcome to our little forum.
over all that set does not look in to bad of shape First thing I would do is get good schematic diagram of that set and myself I like to take a lot photos and notes along with marking wires and parts .

Sincerely Richard

[morzh]

Rough but restorable.
The rubber wiring seems to be in OK shape; the white wires often stay pliable and do not need to be replaced.

[willits18]

I have a roll of "old" cloth power cord I am going use to replace the power cord. I know these had the rubber kind but it makes it look more nostalgic.  I will see if Hayseed can make the electrolytics. I have the yellow film caps.

[willits18]

I was not able to download a schematic and parts list so I bought a 1941 Philco manual on CD.

[radiorich]

Hello Willits18,
Sounds like you are getting head of the game I sure that CD will come in handy for future projects too.
Sincerely Richard

[klondike98]

I agree a CD of schematics will be very useful. Just so folks know, our library does have schematics and the link to this one is:
https://philcoradio.com/library/download...20Book.pdf

[willits18]

Thanks Bob. I kept getting a second party download intervention when I tried to access the schematic. Not sure what I did wrong?

[DaleHCook]

I kept getting a second party download intervention when I tried to access the schematic. Not sure what I did wrong?

The most common cause for that which I have seen is a browser which blocks a download from an "https" site which has an irregular or invalid https protocol. Another possible cause would be the security software on your computer.

[morzh]

I second what Dale suggested.
Check the settings of whatever security software you have, or your OS settings.
They might turn out to be overly stringent.