08-26-2013, 12:51 PM
Hi Everyone,
I've started to restore a great 40-180 that I found at the local antique shop and find myself in need of some help. I'm a complete noob to this type of work and am hoping some of you can provide some advice and guidance for me as I bring this old girl back to life. I have not attempted to power it up and won't do so until it receives some attention.
The cabinet is in very nice condition - I have a thread for that here.
The chassis seems to be all original to my eye, with the exception of a new power cord and a missing tuning indicator and string. Here is a picture of the chassis before I did a little cleaning with my air compressor and a soft toothbrush:
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...G_9796.jpg]
The chassis seems to have had some liquid spilled on it at some point. Can I use some CRC spray cleaner to clean the gunk from the chassis?
Here is an image of the underside of the chassis:
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...G_9820.jpg]
While I am not so new to electronics (see some of the projects in my signature link), I am new to old electronics. I don't even recognize a number of these parts![Icon_sad Icon_sad](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Most of the caps seem to be wrapped in brown paper, but there are other dark brown squarish plastic looking objects with three colored dots on them that I don't recognize at all.
Also, what is this thing?
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...on/huh.jpg]
So, where should I start? I presume at a minimum that all of the caps need to go - it seems to be a shame to lose these cool looking original parts... The caps seem to be a bit small to be able to "re-stuff" as I've seen a few do here on the forums.
Thanks in advance!
Eric
I've started to restore a great 40-180 that I found at the local antique shop and find myself in need of some help. I'm a complete noob to this type of work and am hoping some of you can provide some advice and guidance for me as I bring this old girl back to life. I have not attempted to power it up and won't do so until it receives some attention.
The cabinet is in very nice condition - I have a thread for that here.
The chassis seems to be all original to my eye, with the exception of a new power cord and a missing tuning indicator and string. Here is a picture of the chassis before I did a little cleaning with my air compressor and a soft toothbrush:
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...G_9796.jpg]
The chassis seems to have had some liquid spilled on it at some point. Can I use some CRC spray cleaner to clean the gunk from the chassis?
Here is an image of the underside of the chassis:
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...G_9820.jpg]
While I am not so new to electronics (see some of the projects in my signature link), I am new to old electronics. I don't even recognize a number of these parts
![Icon_sad Icon_sad](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Most of the caps seem to be wrapped in brown paper, but there are other dark brown squarish plastic looking objects with three colored dots on them that I don't recognize at all.
Also, what is this thing?
[Image: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantan...on/huh.jpg]
So, where should I start? I presume at a minimum that all of the caps need to go - it seems to be a shame to lose these cool looking original parts... The caps seem to be a bit small to be able to "re-stuff" as I've seen a few do here on the forums.
Thanks in advance!
Eric