[rfeenstra]

I bought this radio over a year ago and decided to restore the electronics.  This radio was playing.  Someone had strapped in a 470 mfd, 450 volt cap across the first filter cap.  The 2 electrolytic cans were dry. This thing would play for a few seconds after you turned it off!  A couple of bypass caps had also been replaced.  No coupling caps had been replaced.  The push button switch was bad so they had cut the push button shaft off and installed a rotary switch in the push button hole.  you can see the damaged paint.  I was able to tig weld a piece of steel onto the cut shaft, shape it to original dimensions, and repair the original AC switch.  It's working fine now.  The cabinet is in good shape, but had been refinished very poorly, so that will be another project.

I will need to redo the face plate as you can see the faux wood grain is mostly worn off as are the decals.  I've never done this so is there a good place to learn the process here on the forum or somewhere else?  Thanks!