[Magnavox300]

Well, after two years, (on and off of course), I finally finished this neat little Philco Transitone set.

Special thanks to Eric H, Phil Nelson, and others who helped me get this set going again!

Here's a link to my first post about the set and what I did to it...
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=255743

After recapping, and changing a few resistors, there was still a bad buzz coming through the sound, and the picture was also distorted as a result.

Just this week, I decided I would double check all the tubes for shorts,
and did find two bad ones. Changed them both, a 5AT8, and a 12AX4 damper tube. I also decided to replace the 7.5 ohm large sandbar resistor at the selenium rectifier, which was reading 45 ohms.

Not sure which was the culprit, but I finally got a nice picture, and clear sound!
The CRT is super bright, which I have not had on any other set so far.
I bought this set as non working, so I really didn't know what I was getting.

The original color was a not so appealing brown, so I repainted the cabinet in a two tone, of orange/white, and painted the inside white as well.
It just feels nice to put a finished chassis inside a freshly painted clean cabinet!
I do have the back panel, I just need to put a new ac cord in it, since someone cut the old one. Most of the brass, as well as the knobs were in very good condition, the leather carry handle is still like new, and the built in antenna just gives it a great look.

The set looks like new now, and plays just as well, with the exception of the sound fading out every now and then... If I turn the fine tuner back and forth, the sound will pop back in, so I'm not sure what that is.

Here's a fun clip of the transitone working if you want to see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=176tLeRGqPU&feature=youtu.be

Thanks again for everyone's help!
Magnavox300






http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=255743