[mikethedruid]

My #46 bulbs came in today, along with my 5Z3 tubes. My original was fine, but I like to have extras. Last night I rewired the two bulb sockets for the dial with new cloth covered wire. Today I installed the bulbs for the dial. I am still waiting on the 6J7 tubes to come in, the metal ones. I want to install all of them before I go on to alignment. Still, there were things I could do today. I lubricated all the bearing points on the tuning condenser and all its associated hardware, and cleaned and dusted the tuning condenser itself. I also lubricated the indicator for the bands, and sprayed the band switch itself with contact cleaner and worked it to remove oxidation. I then removed the 5Z3 rectifier, and plugged in the radio to see if the 6V filament voltage was working, as well as the on off switch. SUCCESS ! All went well. The dial bulbs and the filament of the 6F6, the only 6V filament glass tube I will be using, all lit up properly. No smoke, no fire, so far so good !

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