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Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored
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During the holidays and deep freeze, I decided to take a whack at restoring this set.
After a bit of cleaning, I determined all but the two tubes in the tuner are original and it's never been serviced.
[Image: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/11678...2f2a_c.jpg]

[Image: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/11866...a30d_c.jpg]

[Image: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/11679...ccca_c.jpg]

I removed the main sweep board and replaced all the caps, resistors and rebuilt the K networks.
[Image: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3758/11593...c4ee_c.jpg]

Underneath all that dirt, the chassis is in remarkably good condition.
[Image: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/11679...1e4b_c.jpg]

The same can't be said of the flyback so I unmounted and recoated it.
[Image: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/11679...9929_c.jpg]

[Image: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/11679...b4c8_c.jpg]

I just wrapped up with underneath the chassis tonight and will attempt a first power up tomorrow Icon_smile
[Image: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7300/11865...464b_c.jpg]


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RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by w4rtc - 03-28-2012, 06:38 PM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by w4rtc - 05-08-2012, 04:32 PM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by Bob Andersen - 01-10-2014, 02:03 AM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by jontz - 01-10-2014, 08:19 AM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by gregb - 01-24-2014, 07:40 PM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by w4rtc - 01-24-2014, 10:21 PM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by gregb - 01-24-2014, 10:22 PM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by morzh - 02-01-2014, 12:31 AM
RE: Predicta Tandem / Penthouse scored - by rlr - 10-21-2017, 10:41 AM



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