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Originally Posted by bandersen
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That's a Stromberg Carlson 78 rpm slicer changer. The original cartridge is the early GE magnetic cartridge.
That cartridge nearly never goes bad, but, you might have a major problem replacing the needle.
I used to have a rough 802.
A hack job.
Someone tried converting original to 14" rectangular.
Fried chassis.
Cabinet was hacked.
I picked up a rough original chassis, and, what was left of case. It had been sawed in half. I took the entire front panel, and, with difficulty, installed it on hacked case.
I rebuilt chassis, but, major problems.
Radio, and, phono would play great. Reception was fantastic!
But, when I switched it to television, loud POP, smoke, and, B+ crashed!
Apparently, the selector switch had gone bad, and, was dead shorted.
I wasn't able to fix it, and, traded it off.
I was told those switches in the 802 had a big problem with shorting. At the time, they offered factory replacements.
Multi section switch.
The fm reception on radio was really fantastic, and, sound was excellent!
Bill Cahill
Oh, well, I still have the original re built three prong cheater cord. Maybe someday I'll get another 802.