Year: 1954 – Dual speaker Initial issues: Purchased in near mint condition, Repairs: Full alignment Extremely clean chassis:
Packard Bell 631
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: 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….
Year: 1957 Initial issues: hums Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, lightly sanded and polished cabinet, touched up the numbers where needed, and full AM alignment Before Pic: After:
Year: 1959??? Initial issues: Works but noisy and dirty Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tube, clean cabinet, and did a full AM alignment SOLD
Year: 1957 Initial issues: Melted case, hums, dial string broken Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, Sanded and polished cabinet, IF Can rebuild due to SMD, restring dial string, full alignment IF Can after rebuild. The thin sheets on the right are the mica film capacitors where the silver migrates toward the center […]
Year: 1951 Repairs: Replaced tube with open filament, replaced electrolytic and all paper capacitors, polished up cabinet, polished dial glass, and did a full AM alignment Before Pic:
Year: 1966 Initial issues: Cracked case, hums Repairs: Glued and stabilized case, replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, fixed issue with tube socket, repainted cabinet, full AM alignment Before Pic: