03-20-2017, 11:10 AM
Ok...it's time to start a thread to document my 47-1230 restoration and ask some questions. This set belonged to my grandparents.
I repaired it in 1972 when I was 17 years old but then it has pretty much just sat and no longer works. I decided that this was a fairly complex restoration for my first attempt so I decided to start with a GE LC-628 I had laying around. I've completed the electrical/mechanical restoration and the radio works! https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2i1fb...WtFVFRBR0k
Now I'm working on the cabinet which will take me some time so I've decided to come back to the 47-1230 chassis and do some work on it at the same time. I've taken tons of pictures and identified all the caps and obtained new replacements. I've cleaned out the bakelite caps:
So here's my first question...yesterday I removed the pushbutton assembly and it's filthy. What's the best way to clean this up?
Thanks!
Rich
I repaired it in 1972 when I was 17 years old but then it has pretty much just sat and no longer works. I decided that this was a fairly complex restoration for my first attempt so I decided to start with a GE LC-628 I had laying around. I've completed the electrical/mechanical restoration and the radio works! https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2i1fb...WtFVFRBR0k
Now I'm working on the cabinet which will take me some time so I've decided to come back to the 47-1230 chassis and do some work on it at the same time. I've taken tons of pictures and identified all the caps and obtained new replacements. I've cleaned out the bakelite caps:
So here's my first question...yesterday I removed the pushbutton assembly and it's filthy. What's the best way to clean this up?
Thanks!
Rich