07-08-2019, 10:01 AM
Finished tubular and blocks recapping.
The cap #54 in my case was 0.047uF which makes my chassis Code 121. The 122 has 0.09uF.
The cap is supposed to have the #53 resistor of 10 kOhm going to it for the Volume pot tone compensation, but it was cut off at both the pot tap and the capacitor. Whether it was because they decided to not fix it (which makes me wonder - the caps were all original so fixing would involve changing or cutting all of them, though nothing other than electrolytics was replaced) because it is deep under the second mounting board and is not easy to access, and maybe due to it really affecting the quality of the sound.....or because the pot is 500K with 127K tap and not a 350K pot with 75K tap.....I do not know.
I restuffed it with 0.047uF cap as for 121 Code and put the 10K resistor back.
The pot has a brass bushing between it and the chassis and it seems to be an integral part of that pot. Whether it is original or not - that I do not know. The bushing makes it fit the intricate mounting scheme that is employed in this radio.
I intend to use 500V electrolytics instead of those 450V that are there now. I am thinking whether I want to restuff the cans that were there (cut off) or simply put them in clamps and keep the axials under the chassis. Feeling a bit lazy......but that might change.
The cap #54 in my case was 0.047uF which makes my chassis Code 121. The 122 has 0.09uF.
The cap is supposed to have the #53 resistor of 10 kOhm going to it for the Volume pot tone compensation, but it was cut off at both the pot tap and the capacitor. Whether it was because they decided to not fix it (which makes me wonder - the caps were all original so fixing would involve changing or cutting all of them, though nothing other than electrolytics was replaced) because it is deep under the second mounting board and is not easy to access, and maybe due to it really affecting the quality of the sound.....or because the pot is 500K with 127K tap and not a 350K pot with 75K tap.....I do not know.
I restuffed it with 0.047uF cap as for 121 Code and put the 10K resistor back.
The pot has a brass bushing between it and the chassis and it seems to be an integral part of that pot. Whether it is original or not - that I do not know. The bushing makes it fit the intricate mounting scheme that is employed in this radio.
I intend to use 500V electrolytics instead of those 450V that are there now. I am thinking whether I want to restuff the cans that were there (cut off) or simply put them in clamps and keep the axials under the chassis. Feeling a bit lazy......but that might change.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
