This was given to me as a gift. Typical late 40s All-American-Five. This time we start by replacing the filter capacitors so that we can turn it on (originals are open) and see what else the set needs.
Mr Pier, Great video, I am attempting to restore 10 transistor radios, this is my first time working on transistors radios and Doug gave me a link to your channel, so I am subcribe to your channel and watch closely what you are doing.
@ 38:42 onwards to 39:03 where I noticed a lead you snipped get caught near the valve socket, You may want to ensure it's still not caught there.. APU I dropped yo a 👉👍👈
One tip is to put the screw in from the bottom, and (temporarily) thread the nut on from the top. Then, after you’ve soldered on all the new filter caps, and the wires, remove the screw and the nut, and screw the screw in from the top, and the lock washer and nut on the bottom. With the wires in place, the torque from tightening the nut won’t cause the terminal strip to be flapping around in the breeze. Then you can tighten the nut with your socket driver. 😌
Hey Jordan, great video. I have this same radio in ivory in great condition. I added a dial light and the radio looks cool in the dark as the ivory case glows!
@David Wanklyn I just used the standard 47 bulb. It's just bright enough to illuminate the dial and the ivory plastic case. Dial is clearly visible in a darkened room.
Since you work on solid state gear most of the time, I bet working on old vacuum tube radios is a nice change of pace for you. GE used this chassis in many different models (I've had a few), and the missing spacers for the antenna were actually wooden dowels that were about 1" long. These chassis were very well-built, and they lasted forever
Under the chassis looked clean, no bodges :-D Maybe a can of white matt spray to make the tuning background brighter. It looks like it was never damp, stored well.
I did a restoration on I believe a model 114 a couple of years ago which is pretty much the same as the 115. The loop antenna is in great condition, usually the copper windings pull off from the backing over the years. The antenna requires 2 wooden dowels on the bottom about an inch long, I think. I though the same thing about a dial light but there's no way because the dial plate is too close to the case.
Those electrolytics with the wax ends are always total junk. I took one apart once and there is no metal can or any type of seal, it's just a hard wax coating protecting the foil roll from the atmosphere. The metal can ones are usually pretty good though, I guess the seal protects the electrolyte from drying out.
saudações brasileiras ao mestre..............algumas duvidas ...............por que não ligar direto os capacitores eletrolitos ao chassi pr que usar o antigo fio preto ? o som ficou mais fraco depois das trocas dos outros capacitores por que? e por fim o proximo video será sobre a limpeza do gabinete? espero não estar sendo chato ou inconveniente mas gostaria de ver tudo brilhando.........um forte abraço ao mestre e obrigado por compartilhar seu trabalho conosco
@@oliverharris7366 Technically that is not quite correct; glasslinger isn't the only vintage restorer on RU-vid. David Tipton also restores tube radios and cabinets to make them look great again. I subbed to his channel a while back. There may be others who do a similar thing that I have not yet seen.
Hey jordan, im trying to get hold of some of that hardboard that they used on stuff like this, the stuff thats full of holes for better ventilation, any ideas? note: Steel staples with a bit of heatshrink tubing in the middle make excellent looking jumpers! i do this all the time.
