Silvertone Model 1 Restoration

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I have had this set for a few years and finally started to work on it. I love these metal midget sets and want to get this one going. It was dead when i got it, not even the tubes would light. Once I disassembled it and looked under the chassis, I think I figured out what took this set out of service. There is a resistor that got so hot it burned in half. Also there is a paper cap which I believe to be the tone condenser that has probably shorted because one end is coming loose. Fearing the audio output transformer had been damaged, I took the 9 volt battery out of one of my Flavoradios (mmm, flavor radio), connected clip leads to it and connected it to the primary of the audio output transformer. A loud crackle came from the speaker so I know that it is good. I started to remove the tuner and speaker and clean the chassis with naval jelly. These photos show the progress thus far.