I also have a 01A tube with a broken off grid lead. I can see the little wire flopping around inside. If I can just weld it back on....

I finished rebuilding the filter cap.
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I also painted the filter choke. It's not quite right so I'll try another color. Something a little darker.
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When I tried testing this type 26 tube, I found dead short between the plate and filament. I pulled off the base to investigate and found the plate lead wrapped around the other 3 :nono:

I untwisted it and reattached the base. Success!

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Dang. That's a first for me. Somebody musta tried to unscrew the tube. :eek:

LOL - Maybe :)

Removing the RF coil assembly is fairly easy and really opens up the chassis.
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The 0.5 uF caps in the box are leaky, but all the coils and small (mica?) caps test OK.
Grid leak resistor is a little high at 7M so I replaced it with 4.7M.
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The cap box was easy to unmount and unstuff.
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You didn't happen to but it from the user TubeTwister did you? LOL.

LOL - no it came with the set.

Here are the news caps for the tuner chassis filter.
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The SPU is finally rust free :)
I switched to some Rustoleum Leather Brown paint. It's pretty darn close to the original but too glossy. I'll knock it down with a satin clear coat.
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Superb job thus far, Definitely a RCA Radiola 18 chassis. Beautiful sets.

Thanks! I thought I was just about done with the painting when the final coat on the chassis crazed. When they say to wait 48 hours they mean it!
I only waited about 36 plus it was down in the 50s up in the attic where I do my spraying.

Oh well, I'll sand it down and try again. Then I can finally start putting it back together.
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just awesome job on restore, I always wondered if this was an RCA clone, rarer tho..

That set will work for many years afterwards. a lot of sets have been parted out to scrounge for some money.

The first modern sets, battery sets w/ power supply are involved.

:thmbsp::thmbsp::banana:

I'm finally done painting the SPU chassis and can start the re-assembly!
It took longer than I expected, but I'm happy with the results :)
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I finished reassembling the SPU chassis and am happy to announce that it actually seems to work properly :)
I'll be installing a reproduction cloth power cord. Just a bit more work left on the receiver chassis.
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Boy, that's pretty. And look at that big honkin' globe 80. I've got a couple of them.

Thanks. Unfortunately, this 80 is a bit gassy and on it's last legs. Prices have really gone through the roof on globe tubes lately.
I'm tempted to throw a couple diodes and a dropping resistor underneath rather than put an ST 80 in there.

Wanna do another one? That one is beautiful. Mine has its original UX-280 in it. Has the little 'B' etched in the base.

LOL - Not anytime soon. This one has taken much longer than I expected with all the rust removal and painting.
I hope to have it running in a few days.

What does the 'B' in the base mean - Brunswick ?