Columbia 817-6

[Doug66]

I picked this up last Sat at an antique mall for $38. The control box door is missing, as well as the channel selector knob and the back.

I decided tom go ahead and give it a shot. I don't have any info on it right now, and I can't find a Sams on ebay for sale (214-2), so I'm starting out blind.

I found several spare tubes laying around the chassis, and the hi voltage cover is also missing. I'm assuming the set has hi voltage troubles and someone gave up after trying some replacement tubes.

I went ahead and replaced the 2 main electrolytics tubular units under the chassis. One was a 4 section and the other a 3 section. I decided to try a power up on the variac. Sure enough, no hi voltage. I can get some noise out of the spkr but never could get a station to come thru.

I going to start on the paper caps tonight.