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Old 04-22-2021, 10:44 AM
dieseljeep dieseljeep is offline
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Originally Posted by vortalexfan View Post
I figured as much but had to check, they didn't have too much in the way of old 6V 6 Pin vibrators on ebay unfortunately, and the Solid State replacements over at AES are 4 pin units which means they wouldn't work either, so its looking like I may not be able to successfully resurrect this radio, especially if I can't find the correct replacement vibrator for this radio...
You can use the solid state vibrator but you have to change the socket to a four pin and wire in two diodes for rectification.
I did that for a 1940 Cadillac radio which originally used a synchronous vibrator.
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