Admiral 14R12 Restoration

[Crist Rigott]

Besides my mini project this week I worked on getting the back reconditioned. Much to my surprise it really didn't fit too good! I know when I got the TV it was barely on the TV and it really didn't fit so good.

I got to looking and the left vertical brace was installed to the back too high. It contacted the upper left mounting screw boss by a lot. OK, so I relocate the brace to match the good right side. I place the back into the cabinet and it is too high! The cutouts for the upper mounting holes won't line up. Hmm....

I decide to mount the chassis into the cabinet to see where the problem is. Well it looks like the outline of the back is correct, but all the holes, etc are about 1/4 inch high! My guess during manufacture, the blank outline wasn't inserted fully into the jig or machine that drills/punches out the holes! I also thought that there might have been some rubber biscuits that go under the chassis but there can't be because the controls shafts are centered on the cabinet holes.

There is no way to locate the elongated holes that mount the back to the chassis. I run out off the bottom edge of the back.

So I drew up a new back using my CAD program. I double check all the mounting holes to the chassis and to the cabinet. Much, much, better. Of course I have to make a new back now.

I've included some pictures of this whole mess.