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Bought a 16B Now What?

Nathan Slingerland
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11-17-2018, 04:56 PM

Hi Joe,

Congratulations on acquiring a great radio!

AFAICT you're not missing any parts to the tuning mechanism.

You will need to replace the rubber on the drive wheels. This tech section article tells how to rebuild the dial drive on early model 16 and similar :
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=14970

[Edit: I see Bob replied with the same link while I was replying Icon_lol

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Here's a photo of the mechanism on my 16B (before repairing it):

11-17-2018, 04:55 PM

And a close up from another 16B chassis:

11-17-2018, 04:59 PM

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Bought a 16B Now What? - by jamr005 - 11-17-2018, 04:45 PM

RE: Bought a 16B Now What? - by klondike98 - 11-17-2018, 04:55 PM

RE: Bought a 16B Now What? - by Nathan Slingerland - 11-17-2018, 04:56 PM

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