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My Christmas Present - 118MX
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Thanks guys. I can't believe how lucky I got to find this model in such good condition. It was a Craigslist find. Some lady had purchased the radio at an auction. It had been on CL for a week before I noticed it. The cabinet is like new, so no work to be done there (other than destroying a huge spider's nest). Icon_eek

The chassis is exceptionally clean. There are eleven bakelite blocks (if I counted correctly), a bypass can with 4 caps in it, and three electrolytics in two cans. Not a terrible job, but not easy either. All of the tubes, with the exception of the 80, seem to be original Philco tubes and they all tested better than good.

So far, I've cleaned and lubricated all of the normal stuff. Tested tubes. Replaced electrolytics and restuffed two blocks. I've got the bypass can disconnected and I'm trying to decide if I will restuff it, or replace it with a terminal strip. It will need some new rubber under the tuning cap and on the corners of the chassis. Hopefully the shadowmeter coil is good. We will see, and I will keep everyone updated. Icon_thumbup

The artist formerly known as Puhpow! 8)


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My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 12-21-2013, 08:46 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by sam - 12-21-2013, 08:51 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 12-21-2013, 08:55 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by sam - 12-21-2013, 09:09 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jayce - 12-21-2013, 09:18 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Arran - 12-21-2013, 09:41 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Ron Ramirez - 12-21-2013, 10:17 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 12-22-2013, 03:12 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by sam - 12-22-2013, 04:23 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Ron Ramirez - 12-22-2013, 07:54 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Groundhog74 - 12-22-2013, 09:20 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by TA Forbes - 12-22-2013, 09:57 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 12-23-2013, 11:51 AM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Mondial - 12-23-2013, 06:44 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 12-23-2013, 07:51 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Joeztech - 12-23-2013, 07:53 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by KCMike - 12-23-2013, 08:12 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 12-23-2013, 11:12 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Arran - 12-24-2013, 02:04 AM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by EricS - 12-26-2013, 09:10 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 01-08-2014, 04:47 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by gregb - 01-08-2014, 06:34 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 01-08-2014, 07:09 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by gregb - 01-08-2014, 09:14 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by gregb - 01-08-2014, 10:57 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 01-09-2014, 03:33 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by gregb - 01-09-2014, 03:40 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by Jamie - 01-09-2014, 06:00 PM
RE: My Christmas Present - 118MX - by vinzer - 01-09-2014, 08:08 PM



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