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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
I'm really reluctant to work on early solid state, because of the germanium transistors. They seem to get weak, like a vacuum tube.
Many years back, I was having trouble with an Emerson 888 transistor radio. I went to the Emerson distributor for a replacement oscillator transistor. The technician said, it probably didn't need one. Just heat up the transistor with a soldering iron and it'll come back to life. Sure enough, it did. 
What say, fellow VKers.  |
Neat, I'll remember that trick.