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Zenith 8s359
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A bit of progress over the last few days.  Nothing exciting about the recapping.  The set had seen a number of repairs over the years so I went ahead and continued repairing rather than restoring.  Did not stuff paper caps and I believe electrolytics were originally under the chassis as well.  Here we are partly through recap.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/20nku046to5dv4....jpg?raw=1]

I had not rewired a 6U5 socket before.  My 1 Meg resistor between pins 4 & 2 was also open as in Mike's thread mentioned earlier but I decided to see if I could open up the socket housing and rewire it internally.  Two of the wires were rubber insulated and also needed replacing.  After noting wire positions I took the entire assembly out of the radio and using a large nail set through the back side where the wires came out I was able to tap the front plastic face plate out without damage.  The metal sockets are individually mounted in small wells in the plastic and freely come out once the face plate is off.  

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oza80r82aour90....jpg?raw=1]

It took a bit of manipulation, measuring and swearing to get the 1 Meg resistor positioned correctly so the 2 and 4 sockets would fit correctly.  Rewiring was relatively easy and then tapping the face plate back into place.

[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ff2f4y0bzw6d5f....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2c2qewfkh8ide6....jpg?raw=1]

I'll put it back in the chassis later today or tomorrow.


Messages In This Thread
Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-03-2018, 01:56 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Electrothaumaturgist - 02-03-2018, 05:05 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by murf - 02-03-2018, 05:33 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by morzh - 02-03-2018, 10:20 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-04-2018, 12:22 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Arran - 02-04-2018, 02:15 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-04-2018, 04:38 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Electrothaumaturgist - 02-04-2018, 09:02 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-05-2018, 01:51 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Arran - 02-05-2018, 05:09 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Phlogiston - 02-05-2018, 11:43 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-12-2018, 01:02 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by OldRestorer - 02-12-2018, 01:38 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Radioroslyn - 02-12-2018, 02:53 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-12-2018, 08:20 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Arran - 02-14-2018, 04:22 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 02-14-2018, 07:15 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-15-2018, 07:48 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Radioroslyn - 03-15-2018, 08:52 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-15-2018, 09:02 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Electrothaumaturgist - 03-17-2018, 08:57 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-18-2018, 01:10 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Radioroslyn - 03-18-2018, 02:05 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-18-2018, 02:13 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Radioroslyn - 03-18-2018, 05:13 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-18-2018, 07:33 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Radioroslyn - 03-18-2018, 09:00 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-19-2018, 01:30 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-25-2018, 04:56 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Radioroslyn - 03-25-2018, 07:14 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-25-2018, 11:26 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 03-30-2018, 07:47 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 08-29-2018, 11:44 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by tbone - 08-31-2018, 11:32 AM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by Eliot Ness - 08-31-2018, 12:15 PM
RE: Zenith 8s359 - by klondike98 - 08-31-2018, 12:29 PM



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