06-03-2018, 01:47 PM
Preliminary
To remove the chassis from the cabinet, one must remove the knobs.
They simply pull off, right?
Well...they should.
I had to resort to the old string trick to get the three lower knobs off. For the double tuning knob, a combination of string and brute force finally broke them free.
All of the knobs were pretty well rusted onto their respective control shafts.
Having finally removed those stubborn knobs, I unplugged the speaker cable and pulled the chassis.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_005.jpg]
As you can see, the dial scale has faded to oblivion. Fortunately, Radio Daze sells replacements. I will not invest in one until I know the radio is going to work, however.
Top view of chassis:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_006.jpg]
and bottom view:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_007.jpg]
Finally, for those of you who wish to follow the bouncing capacitor symbol, here is the complete service manual (warning - large file - 22.2 MB).
I thought I would have to invest in some .047 uF capacitors before I began, but this radio does not use any! It uses .005, .017 (!), .01, 0.1, 0.25, a couple 10 uF electrolytics and one 18 uF electrolytic. Easy.
On the other hand...did you take a good look under the chassis? Rubber-covered wiring!
To remove the chassis from the cabinet, one must remove the knobs.
They simply pull off, right?
Well...they should.
I had to resort to the old string trick to get the three lower knobs off. For the double tuning knob, a combination of string and brute force finally broke them free.
All of the knobs were pretty well rusted onto their respective control shafts.
Having finally removed those stubborn knobs, I unplugged the speaker cable and pulled the chassis.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_005.jpg]
As you can see, the dial scale has faded to oblivion. Fortunately, Radio Daze sells replacements. I will not invest in one until I know the radio is going to work, however.
Top view of chassis:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_006.jpg]
and bottom view:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_007.jpg]
Finally, for those of you who wish to follow the bouncing capacitor symbol, here is the complete service manual (warning - large file - 22.2 MB).
I thought I would have to invest in some .047 uF capacitors before I began, but this radio does not use any! It uses .005, .017 (!), .01, 0.1, 0.25, a couple 10 uF electrolytics and one 18 uF electrolytic. Easy.
On the other hand...did you take a good look under the chassis? Rubber-covered wiring!
--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
