1938 Zenith 6S249 Antique Radio Repair 

Adam - I’m still watching (I will edit), but definitely agree w/ you the cabinet is beautiful. I’ve always admired those Zenith… Sounds good; power ups are always exciting and rewarding. Nice job! Best, Don

Adm's ANTIQUE RADIOS your antique zenith 6s249 chairside 6 tube radio is awesome my friend from 1938

It's a beauty. Well done.

Very interesting troubleshoot......❤

Super !!!

Looks great!!!

I was surprised that Zenith used such a small power transformer in that set. I wonder if the larger transformers used back then didn’t have to be such monsters in size?

Nice job Adam however I would like to have seen that new drive belt. I restored a similar but multi-band console Zenith and the belt I got is a urethane "O"ring and it should last for 100 years. Did you install a strain relief, fuse and X1-Y2 ac line bypass safety caps? I repainted the backer plate for the dial with bright white paint and since it is a multi band colored dial I used colored LEDs. I made new diffusers next to the lamps out of a milk jug. You are right that this is a great project radio because it has a lot of real estate and its performance is very satisfying. I am looking forward to your next project.

Nice recap...I'd consider fusing both sides of the line. If that is like my 6s238 it uses and uses a rectifier with cathode (6X5) these tend to get heater to cathode shorts that will fry the power transformer in short order

At 3:00, those CAPs look original to me. Since this is a tube radio, did you face the foil-side of the paper CAPs facing in the correct orientation? Watch XrayTonyb & Mr. Carlson's Lab why you should do this. It does make a difference! Especially if your trying to keep any stray noise. Did you replace that OLD electrolytic? It's only a matter of time for that to fail.

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