Mostly Repairing A 1960s Zenith AM/FM Radio 

VERY rare piece ! I worked for a big Zenith dealer 1970 til the end & never saw one. I remember the SM for it but thats it. Probably only a few runs & a lot of the rare stuff went to employees in Chicago. Also watch for early hand wired ( 12 & 19") B&W solid state stuff & the AA5 based 4 band SW reciever. Awesome stuff ! LFOD !

Can't wait to work on this unit, it's a sweet piece! Thanks for the gift my friend!

That’s a GREAT 👍 little radio 📻. DON’T change that grille cloth. You’ll NEVER 👎 get it the exact same, and may even devalue the radio 📻. Tube equipment is ALWAYS THE BEST!! Your friend, Jeff.

There is a clip that holds the power cord to the particle board you can remove and use the original cord.

Found the buzz problem for your buddy, now he can replace all those capacitors, good move😉 Tubes can also be a problem and testing/replacing...well!! Thanks for the video, very interesting.

Great work, it’s amazing what you can do with those old radios with a little work. Nice save!

What a great collection of all sorts of wonderful things in the trunk of a car, bravo!

I see three transformers on that chassis. Two output and a power isolation. Probably not a hot chassis. Nice to be safe though.

Sounds great over the phone and looks neat too!

Thanks As always really enjoyed watching ❤

I went to subscribe to brads channel and realized I'm already subscribed 😅 I look forward to seeing him finish up the Zenith

Nice work man. Kitty! 🐈

You need a "cheater" cord. One of those power cords taken off the particle board from an old dead unit.

Wow, never seen that model Zenith before. Nice!

Its great you have a source for some free equipment. I recently got a Pioneer QC-800A for cheap that didn't need much work. Might be working on a SX-727 for a friend of a friend. I try to not charge much more than the cost of the materials at this point since I am still learning. I try to order some extra parts for myself since I usually have to place a parts order.

Great pay forward Brother!

That is not a hot chassis set. You have a transformer in there. The selenium rectifier will need to go. You can replace it with an IN4007 diode. Just make sure there’s a resistor in series with the diode as it is way more efficient than the selenium rectifier. These sets were incredibly sensitive on FM!

The selenium rectifier is not great for rectification but if it doesn't smell really bad it's probably doing something.

Good morning from Georgia to you in Montana.

Love tube equipment!

Those old radios are cool. I remember my parents having one. Smaller than this and mono but very smooth sounding with that rotary tuner. It may have been a Zenith, not sure!

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It's very beautiful. Absolutely State-Of-The-Art in its day. The AM and FM different colored dots...how did that work?

What are you accomplishing by taking time to pull that tape off the front?

I have the same zenith , don't have the extension speaker thou

Hey Sadie!

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ah. bought home all those thrown away stuff again. we dont have those antique stuff here, a pity, 🤣

iv'e always found that when i turn on my equipment it starts to work

It's pronounced 'TechNeeks' I'm you have already been told this a few times hopefully. :)

i want it beautful

Nice haul from Craig! without getting on Craig's list. Sorry.

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a tube amp sometimes not good idea to have load output transformer may fry

Sounds like you picked up some god botherers on the radio.

they make cheater cords you can use to plug directly into the back of the radio for service techs

No longer taking your radios to the carwash?

It's pronounced..."Tek-Neeks".

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