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08-09-2015, 01:49 PM | #1 |
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Got my radio working!
The radio in my '50 hasn't worked in probably many years. I replaced the vibrator 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. |
08-09-2015, 03:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: Got my radio working!
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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08-09-2015, 04:09 PM | #3 |
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Re: Got my radio working!
Does it play 50's music? LOL
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08-09-2015, 08:30 PM | #4 | |
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I've fixed quite a few vintage radios, but this is my first car radio repair. |
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08-09-2015, 09:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: Got my radio working!
Thats great. Now you can listen to all those great AM radio stations that are so popular now days.
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08-09-2015, 11:31 PM | #6 |
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08-09-2015, 11:38 PM | #7 |
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Re: Got my radio working!
What process did you use to determine what was defective ? The vibrator in my '47 makes noise but nothing happens. Where do you buy your parts ?
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08-10-2015, 04:26 AM | #8 | |
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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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