After messing with the 21K1 Admiral console all afternoon yesterday, I really wanted to just watch it for a while. Performed "Admirably!"
I then looked across the room and figured, "WHY NOT. . . "
Started assembly of the Tele-bar jigsaw puzzle. Man a lot of unmarked baggies full of parts . . . this is gonna be fun! The cabinet was completely stripped down and taken apart for the cabinet refinishing. So all door hardware, backing, speaker, radio/phono rails - everything removed and boxed.
The chassis has already been recapped come to find out. Very nicely too. Electrolytics are terminal mounted underneath very neatly, and all bypass caps are done. I just need to check all work, see if the proper two prongs of the radio socket plug are shorted out, and I can go for a controlled power-up of the TV chassis.
The radio has been disassembled into 4 parts. Partially recapped, but there is a filter cap and two paper caps that need to be done.
The phono is a MESS! Everything is frozen up pretty good. Need to disassemble the entire set, clean and re-lube. The motor spins freely and I don't see signs of any major issues, other than some frayed wiring and a lot of dust and dirt. Should come back with a little TLC.
The best part of yesterday was getting the TV control door operating as it should. If anyone has had an Admiral with this type of control door, most of them are broken. This one was no exception. Both top and bottom pegs that hold the control door in place were broken off. One was there in a baggie. I did not even bother with it. Drilled two small holes in the door and epoxied metal rods in place of the stock plastic pegs. I was lucky the original springs were still there and the door operates as new now.
Few photos of the set cleaned, glassware put away for safe keeping and the front CRT face installed . . .