[Ron Ramirez]

...and so it begins.

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Replacing rubber-covered wire is fun...not. I only worked on this for a couple of hours tonight and you can see what I have accomplished so far.

When it comes to sets like this with rubber-covered wiring, I simply pick a place to jump in, so to speak, and go from there. I'm working around the 1st audio tube (6F5).

A closer look:

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I can hear some of you now...Oooohhh, eh eh, you didn't restuuuffff the old caaaaaappsss!!! Well, no, I didn't. There is a very simple reason why...the old paper cap tubes are unraveling and falling apart! So, yes...I'm taking the easy way out.

The RCA solder terminals are quite unusual compared to Philco. Each terminal...including the terminals on the tube sockets...is a set of three "fingers" if you will, through which the wires and lead ends are threaded. Then these "fingers" were squeezed together and the whole thing covered in solder. Even though it's been something like 42-43 years, I remember these same type of terminals on that 5T1 I had so many years ago. And, like the 5T1, I found that these can be fragile; one of the three "fingers" has already broken on one solder terminal so I am trying to be as careful as I can.

Oh, and this radio had extra electrolytics added under the chassis. That "repairman" did not bother to disconnect the originals, merely adding the then-new ones in parallel with the originals. I have now removed all of the extra added electrolytics, leaving the aluminum can electrolytics in place. I will deal with those later on in this restoration.