[Ron Ramirez]

Okay.

In July of 2013, I acquired this radio at the MARC Extravaganza. I wrote about it at the time in this thread.

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I'm starting a new thread because the original lasted five pages without my actually doing any work to the radio. In this thread, I am going to attempt to get it going again.

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This will be my Christmas/New Year's 2014/2015 project. I am restoring this set in memory of Little Joe, my grandson who passed away a week ago today. When I complete the radio, it will be given to Joseph's parents.

Before starting, I wish to acknowledge, and thank again, Phorum member "thirtiesradio" for the 9-S-262 dial parts which I will be using in this restoration. (No, I didn't forget...other projects just got in the way.)

So...

As you will recall from my previous thread on this radio, this chassis is a hack job. Since then, I did acquire another 9-S-262 chassis that has a lot of rust. I was going to use it as a parts donor, but I now have this crazy idea about cleaning its chassis and restoring it, also. Am I nuts or what?

I have to ask this question: Why do you people love Brand Z so much? I set the 9-S-262 chassis on my bench, took a good look at it, shook my head, and walked away. The Rider's info only includes a schematic, parts list, and alignment info. I admit, I am spoiled to having excellent documentation for working on Philco radios. The lack of complete documentation in the Brand Z info is ridiculous.

Oh, I'll go back, and I'll start plugging away, a little at a time. This one is for Little Joe, after all, so Grandpa will honor his silent commitment.

Besides doing something about the volume control, and lengthening the shaft on the off-on-local-distance switch I already installed (but haven't yet hooked up), I see that the multi-section Candohm resistor will need to be replaced.

I'll be carefully studying Geoff's 9-S-262 restoration thread. I hope to hear from you Brand Z fans, also - I am really going to need your help with this one, I think.