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'59Edsel · 06-26-2010, 12:20 AM

I'm going to do a small restoration on my 1959 Edsel's radio in the future, replacing capacitors and such. But I do have one question for those of who might have done it already. The 59 Edsel radios have a clutch that drives the tuner when you're tuning in a station manually. A lot of ford radios used this clutch mechanism in the 58 and 59 years to my knowledge. Does anyone have any advice on what to replace the clutch rubber with? I tried to rejuvenate it with rubber renew, but I left it on too long and destroyed it. Any ideas on what to replace it with? Thanks guys.

dga1028 · 06-26-2010, 05:04 AM

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I know absolutely nothing about the subject however it would seem to me that there are old time radio clubs just like there are old time car clubs.

06-26-2010, 12:20 AM	#1
'59Edsel Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles County Posts: 124	Radio Restoration I'm going to do a small restoration on my 1959 Edsel's radio in the future, replacing capacitors and such. But I do have one question for those of who might have done it already. The 59 Edsel radios have a clutch that drives the tuner when you're tuning in a station manually. A lot of ford radios used this clutch mechanism in the 58 and 59 years to my knowledge. Does anyone have any advice on what to replace the clutch rubber with? I tried to rejuvenate it with rubber renew, but I left it on too long and destroyed it. Any ideas on what to replace it with? Thanks guys.

06-26-2010, 05:04 AM	#2
dga1028 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 14	Re: Radio Restoration Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I know absolutely nothing about the subject however it would seem to me that there are old time radio clubs just like there are old time car clubs.