Monkey Wards Model 62-465 Dial Stringing Diagram Needed

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

Bump!

Anyone here have any information for my latest issues?

I don't think that is the right vibrator, and here's why I think that;

The Ebay Vibrator has it's two fat pins opposite of each other, and the not too well drawn schematic on Nostalgia Air looks like the two fat pins are right next to each other. If I am correct, the Ebay vibrator won't fit into your radio's socket.....

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by init4fun

I don't think that is the right vibrator, and here's why I think that;

The Ebay Vibrator has it's two fat pins opposite of each other, and the not too well drawn schematic on Nostalgia Air looks like the two fat pins are right next to each other. If I am correct, the Ebay vibrator won't fit into your radio's socket.....

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...

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by vortalexfan

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.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

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.

Ok, I'll give that a try.

[init4fun]

If it were mine to do, this is how I'd do it;

I would not change the radio to adapt a different vibrator, I'd adapt the different vibrator to work with the radio's original socket. The Ebay vibrator is electrically what you need, it's just got the wrong pin configuration. It would be a simple matter to use the original base with it's pins from your dead vibrator to build a home made adapter to make the Ebay vibrator work. With the nostalgia air schematic you've already got the electrical pinout of your original. Somewhere out here in internetland there's gotta be a datasheet where you can get the pinout of the Ebay vibrator. Solder six wires to the new vibrator's pins, connect them in the proper order to the six pins of your original vibrator's base, epoxy it into a small piece of PVC pipe for sturdiness, and run it....

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by init4fun

If it were mine to do, this is how I'd do it;

I would not change the radio to adapt a different vibrator, I'd adapt the different vibrator to work with the radio's original socket. The Ebay vibrator is electrically what you need, it's just got the wrong pin configuration. It would be a simple matter to use the original base with it's pins from your dead vibrator to build a home made adapter to make the Ebay vibrator work. With the nostalgia air schematic you've already got the electrical pinout of your original. Somewhere out here in internetland there's gotta be a datasheet where you can get the pinout of the Ebay vibrator. Solder six wires to the new vibrator's pins, connect them in the proper order to the six pins of your original vibrator's base, epoxy it into a small piece of PVC pipe for sturdiness, and run it....

I might give that a try as well.

[vortalexfan]

A little update:

I found two listings on ebay from the same person that has the correct type of vibrator for sale that I need for my radio!

The Radiart Type 5411 Vibrator.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29405504020...oAAOSwvlVgR~7m

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29405497859...YAAOSwpKJgR~HE