Welcome Guest! Be sure you know and follow the Phorum Rules before posting. Thank you and Enjoy! (January 12) x

Thread Closed
Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Newbie with 38-116 & Questions
#2

Hi Ed, my name is Doug and I live on Long Island too. The first thing you will want to do is replace those electrolytic caps for safety and all the rest of the caps for reliability and functionality. I am not sure but I think those are wet caps that are leaking, you can replace those with modern electrolytics that are a fraction of the size, mounting them either under the chassis or inside the old cans after gutting them.
You might want to drop by Speaker Specialists just east of the seaford oysterbay expressway (135) on Sunrise highway in Seaford. There is a radio swap meet/radio show that takes place there the first Sunday of every month. It usually runs til about 12 noon. There are a few old timers there you can maybe get some advice from.
If you PM me I can give you a couple of places where you can order parts from (caps, tubes, etc.) . As for the missing reprducer, try the want ads on this forum. The schematic for your radio is here: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/235/M0013235.htm
Good luck and have fun with it!

Doug


Messages In This Thread
Newbie with 38-116 & Questions - by Guest - 09-27-2007, 01:16 PM
[No subject] - by Doug K. - 09-27-2007, 08:29 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 09-28-2007, 09:30 AM
[No subject] - by Doug K. - 09-28-2007, 08:25 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 09-28-2007, 10:32 PM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 09-28-2007, 11:52 PM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 09-28-2007, 11:59 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 09-29-2007, 08:57 AM
[No subject] - by Guest - 09-29-2007, 09:00 AM
[No subject] - by 49Stude63 - 09-29-2007, 09:46 AM
[No subject] - by Tim Tress - 09-30-2007, 10:00 PM
[No subject] - by Frank - 10-01-2007, 08:53 AM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 10-01-2007, 09:57 PM



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
Vlad95, Thank you for the stringing guides and wow there are so manyosanders0311 — 06:01 PM
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
A pre war Hallicrafters, and an early one too, very nice! 1936 is pretty early for metal tubes too, which would explain ...Arran — 05:58 PM
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
Thanks Rod, "When you hear the background hiss and no station it usually indicates that the oscillator quit" ...osanders0311 — 05:52 PM
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
RodB :beerchug:Vlad95 — 10:22 AM
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
Vlad, you nailed it. Swiss and German roots.RodB — 09:54 AM
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
Well this is a Hallicrafters SX/9 circa 1936. No real issues so far although I dodged a real bullet with a cap that was...bridkarl — 07:59 AM
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
The pinout is the same but the 5U4 has a 3 amp filament, verses 2 amps or less on the 5Z4. I think that the pinout of a ...Arran — 12:04 AM
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
By the way. osanders0311 Take a look here: Dial cord stringing Guides May be here you can fount correct string settin...Vlad95 — 11:15 PM
5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
5U4 and 5Z4 almost identical. I think nothing happened if you left 5U4 instedad 5Z4 long time. Just heater current 5U4 ...Vlad95 — 11:02 PM
Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
Hello Vlad95 , Very Funny ! Sincerely Richardradiorich — 11:01 PM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently 1377 online users. [Complete List]
» 2 Member(s) | 1375 Guest(s)
AvatarAvatar

>