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Newbie Neophyte Question
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Hello- I'm new here, and to be brutally honest, I would probably be lucky to even clean a radio chassis without ruining it, let alone attempt a repair. I've had a Philco 41-295 (?) that my great grandparents bought new for about 35 years now. Although it quit working sometime ago (from lack of use, would be my guess) I am SOMEWHAT familiar with Philcos. I've recently saved an old 39-40 from a trip to the landfill, and after soldering in a new power cord and replacing a few missing tubes from my "used tube grab bag" I got the old gal to work. It's missing the pushbuttons, but is otherwise complete. I was disappointed to discover that for whatever the reason, the on/off switch was no longer the extreme left- hand pushbutton (like the one I've had so long), but rather a semi- hidden toggle switch. I don't have a clue where the switch's wires were originally connected, but if someone here could clue me in, I'd like to try and attempt the repair and ditch the toggle switch. If I get that far, I'd also like to acquire some pushbuttons and refinish the cabinet, as well. Sorry for such a rambling first post, but I'm not much of a writer. Thanks, - Betruger-


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Newbie Neophyte Question - by Guest - 11-15-2008, 10:23 AM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Ron Ramirez - 11-15-2008, 10:36 AM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Guest - 11-15-2008, 01:19 PM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Ron Ramirez - 11-15-2008, 02:47 PM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Texasrocker - 11-16-2008, 12:01 AM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Guest - 11-16-2008, 02:27 PM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Jim Berg - 11-20-2008, 10:49 PM
Re: Newbie Neophyte Question - by Ron Ramirez - 11-20-2008, 11:16 PM



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