I am also somewhat into old console stereos. I have one I bought at a thrift store we i was about 14. It is a fancy maganvox and as far as I know still works. Have not fired it up in many years. I also have my grandmothers RCA from about 1968 that I used to listen to when I was at her house. I was playing it one time back in about 1991 when it made a loud popping sound and no longer worked after that. She had it checked out and it needed some transistors replaced I believe. She didn’t want to spend the money on it so it’s not been used since. I would really like to get it fixed but do not know anything about replacing transistors and not sure where to find anybody to work on it.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2020, at 6:44 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On my truck swap trip with my pops, we picked up a few things languishing in > Illinois that we’ve wanted in AZ for quite awhile. One thing in particular is > my wife’s grandmother’s console stereo. > It’s a Philco. I’m having trouble finding info on it. It hasn’t been > energized in probably 40 years, but it works well. All i’ve done so far is > take the back off, vacuumed the schmutz out, took some canned air to it. > The tuning for the FM is a little staticky so i suppose contact cleaner is in > order? > Do i just unplug it, spray as many contacts as i see, let it dry overnight > and try again tomorrow? > I’m going to get a new needle/cartridge, even though Queen News of The World > sounded just fine. Good source? > Oh, my new 2005 Dodge 2500 SLT 4x4 Cummins 5.9 ram like a scalded dog...after > I got after it in the mountains...Eye-talian tuneups galore. 24mpg , took it > up over Wolf Creek pass, didn’t miss a beat. > > Bob R > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
