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Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration
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OK - Once more unto the breach, dear friends...

RF Subchassis

Step 1 - Label and Desolder Connections to RF Subchassis

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Step 2 - Remove Lights and Front Panel

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Step 3 - Remove RF Subchassis

Remove the screw at the back of the RF subchassis.

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Now carefully (!) tilt the whole thing forward.

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Step 4 - Remove Sides and Restuff Caps

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On some of the RF subchassis sets the capacitors are so buried it's also necessary to slide out the shaft and work on each section individually.
Fortunately the 38-116 isn't quite that bad - all of the caps are accessible without fully disassembling the RF subchassis.

And don't forget this guy!

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Step 5 - Bandswitch

While I had everything apart I applied some DeOxit to the bandswitch contacts.

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Step 6 - Back Together

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Reinstall the RF subchassis. I also replaced the rubber mounts using replacements from renovatedradios.com.

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And resolder all those wires.

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Step 7 - Power Up

Reconnect the speaker, power it up....and....it works!  oh_yeah

The bandswitch works much better.



The set is fully recapped now and is pulling in lots of stations but definitely will benefit from being realigned.

I probably should rebuild the linkage between the tuning condenser and the dial - it's quite stiff and unsymmetrical.

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There's also the mangled tube shield bases. Also need to clean and reinstall the dial.

And soak some parts in Evaporust.

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Messages In This Thread
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by klondike98 - 01-03-2019, 11:04 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by rfeenstra - 01-03-2019, 11:12 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by sam - 01-05-2019, 08:15 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by klondike98 - 01-05-2019, 10:29 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by 462ron - 01-07-2019, 08:06 AM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by Jeremy S - 01-07-2019, 03:46 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by rfeenstra - 01-07-2019, 11:04 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by Nathan Slingerland - 01-08-2019, 12:48 AM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by rfeenstra - 01-09-2019, 11:42 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by amptramp - 01-10-2019, 09:21 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by sam - 01-11-2019, 11:23 AM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by tbone - 01-12-2019, 06:48 AM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by klondike98 - 01-18-2019, 09:19 AM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by EdHolland - 01-18-2019, 01:41 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by rfeenstra - 01-19-2019, 12:46 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by rfeenstra - 02-17-2019, 03:25 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by rfeenstra - 02-17-2019, 04:15 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by klondike98 - 02-17-2019, 04:33 PM
RE: Nathan's 38-116XX Restoration - by morzh - 02-17-2019, 04:38 PM



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