Year: 1947 Initial issues: Faded and water stained cabinet, loud hum, no stations, dirty Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, tested all tubes, replace 50A5 tube, Replaced Grille Cloth due to water damage, Sanded and re-stained cabinet with Golden Oak stain, and applied lacquer. Wet sanded with 0000 steel wool and lemon oil and finally polished with furniture […]
Year: 1954 Initial issues: Faded cabinet, loud hum, no stations Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, tested all tubes, sanded and polished case, restored color with shoe polish. Cleaned dial glass and knobs Heres a before picture of the radio Purchased June 29th, 2015
Year: 1965 Initial issues: Works but scratchy tuning, crackled if bumped to moved Repairs: Cleaned cabinet, repaired bad solder connection on 50HK6 Output tube, replaced dial bulb, cleaned all tube sockets along with band switch and all other controls Purchased June 30th, 2015
Year: 1957 Initial Issues: Works, slight hum and three cracks in the case Repairs: Re-solder bad connection of output tube, replace leaky 50C5 output tube, glue cracks and fill with Bondo and paint to bright red Before pic Purchased May 19, 2015
Year: 1949 Initial issues: USPS managed to crush the box cracking the case in 15 places, Completely Dead Repairs: Glued and stabilized case, replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, replaced open Audio Output transformer, sanded and polished case, cleaned dial glass and knobs, and did a full alignment Here’s a before picture […]
Year: 1954 – Dual speaker Initial issues: Purchased in near mint condition, Repairs: Full alignment Extremely clean chassis:
Year: 1959 – Miniature radio Initial issues: No power cord, no stations Repairs: Replaced power cord, fixed issue with the internal antenna, full alignment
Year: 1946 – AC/DC Portable radio with roll top Initial issues: Dead Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced weak 1T4 tubes,replace audio output transformer, replaced speaker, replaced power cord, cleaned cabinet, full AM alignment. (Still waiting on a replacement leather handle).
Year: 1954 Initial issues: Dead Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tube,replaced tube socket for 35W4 rectifier as it was shorted, clean cabinet, polish brass trim, and full AM alignment….
Year: 1964 Initial issues: Hums Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, re-solder tube socket for 50c5 output tube, clean cabinet, full AM alignment….