02-06-2014, 03:29 PM
The 8S154 is a pretty good set, very popular, and the 150.00 price is pretty good IF it's in nice shape. The acoustic adapter, if it is there, dramatically improves the sound of an already good set. The ones I worked on turned out to be pretty good receivers on BC and SW.
I have restored a couple of 8S154 chassis, the underside is spacious and easy to work on. To be on the safe side, I replaced the candohms in both sets. Just don't trust 'em and have seen the havoc they cause if/when they short to chassis. There is plenty of room underneath to install terminal strips in order to facilitate mounting new electrolytics and replacement candohm resistors. I use 10W closest to B+ and on down to 5W farther away from B+. (Yes, I do tend towards overkill) Make sure you check all resistors, I found around half of them out of tolerance. You will probably need a new gasket that goes between the dial and the dial glass. They are cheap and a very good investment.
Be VERY careful when handling/working on the chassis when it is out of the cabinet, it is TOO EASY to break the small dials on the controls. When/if you remove one of these small dials, make sure that you clean the shaft with a wire brush and lube it with WD-40 or something similar BEFORE you pull the dial off the shaft, as it is too easy to break the small dial tying to wrestle it off the shaft.
I have restored a couple of 8S154 chassis, the underside is spacious and easy to work on. To be on the safe side, I replaced the candohms in both sets. Just don't trust 'em and have seen the havoc they cause if/when they short to chassis. There is plenty of room underneath to install terminal strips in order to facilitate mounting new electrolytics and replacement candohm resistors. I use 10W closest to B+ and on down to 5W farther away from B+. (Yes, I do tend towards overkill) Make sure you check all resistors, I found around half of them out of tolerance. You will probably need a new gasket that goes between the dial and the dial glass. They are cheap and a very good investment.
Be VERY careful when handling/working on the chassis when it is out of the cabinet, it is TOO EASY to break the small dials on the controls. When/if you remove one of these small dials, make sure that you clean the shaft with a wire brush and lube it with WD-40 or something similar BEFORE you pull the dial off the shaft, as it is too easy to break the small dial tying to wrestle it off the shaft.
