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Originally Posted by Electronic M
That is similar to my 1942 Philco console with Beam Of Light changer....You are lucky the face and buttons are good. They are not Bakelite, but a less stable form of plastic that is VERY prone to shrink and crack....They make repros for some models, but not mine.  A thought that just came to mind is that this era of Philco used rubber wiring extensively...It tends to crack apart or turn to gunk, and then short. On most sets it all will need to be changed which is a pain in the butt....Just a fair warning on that. My '42 got recapped and most wiring changed and is stalled from a tricky dead tuner condition that I need to eventually get back to. |
Interesting, a dead tuner issue you say? It sounds a lot like my Philco 46-1203 that I have that I pretty much gave up on, which also had a dead tuner on it and I tried replacing the suspect IF Can but apparently the replacement IF can I got was also dead. So I basically just gave up on it, like I said the one I might be getting looks like the model I specified but I don't think its the same exact one I think the one I'll be getting was a little bit fancier sort of more like the 40-180 cabinet wise but has the chassis of the 42-395 with the rectangular shaped preset buttons instead of the octagon shaped buttons of the 40-180.