Got my radio working!

46ford

46ford

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The radio in my '50 hasn't worked in probably many years. I replaced the ******** unit and a few capacitors, and a couple burned out resistors, and it works again! Probably less than $40 in parts and maybe two hours of my time.

Next project: get the Borg clock working again. The owners manual for the clock was attached to the clock with a loop of twine. "World's finest automotive timepiece" according to the label.
 
Congrats on the radio repair. Not too many people would attempt to fix a radio like that. Done in 2 hours! You are now qualified as an expert. Did you use one of the newer solid state vibrators?,...jack
 
jack orchard said:
Congrats on the radio repair. Not too many people would attempt to fix a radio like that. Done in 2 hours! You are now qualified as an expert. Did you use one of the newer solid state vibrators?,...jack
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Yes, used a solid state. Kinda wierd not hearing the ******** until it warmed up.

I've fixed quite a few vintage radios, but this is my first car radio repair.
 
Thats great. Now you can listen to all those great AM radio stations that are so popular now days.
 
What process did you use to determine what was defective ? The ******** in my '47 makes noise but nothing happens. Where do you buy your parts ?
 
Drbrown said:
What process did you use to determine what was defective ? The ******** in my '47 makes noise but nothing happens. Where do you buy your parts ?
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First I did some reading online and determined which parts of the radio are most likely to fail. There are a couple resistors in the ******** circuit, and a buffer capacitor. One of the resistors was burned (measured open) and the ******** was stuck, probably the cause of the burnt resistor. I replaced the resistors and cap, tested the radio and nothing, but the resistors were getting hot instantly. Replaced ******** and all was well.

The car was in such good shape I figured one component must've failed, the owner replaced and blew the fuse a couple times and gave up. Car was last registered in '72 and thankfully no one had tried to fix the radios. My best success with antique radios is on the ones no one has tried to "fix".

I buy parts online from Ebay or parts dealers, nothing special.
 
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