[Joeztech]

I was able to determine how the lamp for the record changer compartment works. Near the bottom left pivot for the record changer door, there is a small metal tab with a hole in the end of it. A steel coil spring has one end looped through the hole in the metal tab. The spring loaded switch on right angle steel bracket mounts on the stationary wooden rib near the same height as the metal tab with the coil spring on it. The handle/tab of the switch must be closest or facing the changer, not facing the left side of the cabinet. The switch handle or tab has a small hole drilled through it. A piece of dial cord or fishing cord of small size is passed through the hole in the switch handle/tab while its other end is fastened to the free end of the coil spring. Then the end passed through the hole in the spring-loaded switch tab is drawn tight enough to eliminate slack when the record changer door is shut. Then tie the cord with the slack removed at the switch handle/tab securely. Cut the excess of cord off but not so short that it might come loose. A small dot of model airplane cement will stabilize the knot at both the switch and the end attached to the coil spring.

The hole in the switch handle/tab is small and you may not even notice it unless you look closely. On this radio, the string or cord used had broken loose from the switch and I had taken everything apart without knowing how it was put together by the manufacturer. I found it necessary to clean out the hole in the handle/tab with a small wire before I was able to pass a new piece of fishing line through it, which is what I used to connect to the spring on the changer door.

I added a small steel wire with a screw near the bottom of the stationary wooden rib of the left side of the cabinet (viewed from the front) in order to wrap the wire around the speaker wires so that they are kept taut and away from the scissor levers of the record changer door and the rotating loop antenna. This way the wires will not get caught in the door or tangle with the loop antenna. I noticed a few staples in several places on that side and believe that something was used originally to keep the wires and cables organized to avoid problems with movement of the changer door and the loop antenna rotation. Whatever was there originally was gone before I ever saw the radio.

Now when the record changer door is opened, the light for the compartment comes on as it should and goes off when the door is closed.

I find that with the radio chassis back in the cabinet and its loop antenna reconnected that the radio stations come in with much better signal levels and volume.

Next step on the radio will be to align the front end on AM and SW bands for best signal and reasonably correct dial accuracy.

There is no reaction from the cartridge of the changer. I measured for a magnetic coil, but the ohmmeter shows open circuit. In any case the changer is to be replaced with something modern that can play all speeds. The existing area for the changer permits something about 14 5/8" wide by 13 1/2" deep, so that is the size I will be looking for.

Joe