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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
I guess you think I'm just knocking the set comparing it with a Muntz.
Everyone thinks of the inexpensive B/W sets they were famous for. The color sets were the same as the other clones, using the same parts.
The tuner you are having grief with is the same version Magnavox used. For some reason those tuners always gave trouble. They seemed to use poor quality contact material.
Remove the tuner completely from the assembly, Remove the turret and check the stator contacts for tension, clean all the nasty old lube from the contacts. You can't always rely on tuner spray on a tuner like that.
Dave.
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Muntz color sets were quite decent. I have a Wards Airline rectangular CTC15 clone still going strong with nothing but tube swaps since new...they seem to have sourced better parts than RCA did.
One of the best parts of clones especially later ones is that they worked out design flaws, and many makers modified things often with an improvement in servicability and or function/form.