Chassis Porn!!!!

[DaWoofer]

The reason you probably didn't pick up any stations is that they are probably off the air after this many years.
Good luck with the recap and rehab. First one I have ever seen on the inside.

[similost]

Originally Posted by DaWoofer

The reason you probably didn't pick up any stations is that they are probably off the air after this many years.
Good luck with the recap and rehab. First one I have ever seen on the inside.

I've got a second one that is a little more interesting.. I'll be posting that one too after I pull the chassis. I have the schematic for that one, so I don't need to pull it to see what I need.... Hopefully I'll get the caps ordered soon, do this one first, learn a little, then do the 39.... I'm more leery of messing that one up than this one, but I'd hate to damage either one in the process.. this will be my very first venture into repairing serious electronics, much less antique..

[Chad Hauris]

You can get cloth covered wire from New Sensor Corp.
http://www.newsensor.com/ProductListing.aspx?CatId=81
It comes in various colors and has double concentric insulating braids...very easy to work with, just push back the insulation, no stripping needed. It has worked very well for us in all types of equipment.
We have worked on a very similar Zenith and replaced all of the wiring, even those going into the IF cans as it was all bad.
You can see one of the wires going to the top cap of a tube is really bad...if this shorts out you can have no reception.
An RF generator is very helpful in testing old radios such as this as you will have a very strong test signal available....you should be able to hear AM and shortwave stations just about everywhere when the radio is working right

[similost]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

You can get cloth covered wire from New Sensor Corp.
http://www.newsensor.com/ProductListing.aspx?CatId=81
It comes in various colors and has double concentric insulating braids...very easy to work with, just push back the insulation, no stripping needed. It has worked very well for us in all types of equipment.
We have worked on a very similar Zenith and replaced all of the wiring, even those going into the IF cans as it was all bad.
You can see one of the wires going to the top cap of a tube is really bad...if this shorts out you can have no reception.
An RF generator is very helpful in testing old radios such as this as you will have a very strong test signal available....you should be able to hear AM and shortwave stations just about everywhere when the radio is working right

Cool.. thanks for the wire link.. I've actually found a few places that sell by the foot, and also by the 25' roll fore pretty fair prices...

I was looking at the wire going into that can, and trying to figure out how I'm gonna get in there to replace it... I'll figure it out though.. hopefully without destyroying anything though

I'll have to look around for an RF generator then.. I'm wanting to get going on this, but have some other things I need to take care of first, so I'm thinking these will be my winter shut-in projects