Stromberg Carlson 1135A help needed!

[Chad Hauris]

We have a probably older Stromberg Carlson model and the tuner motor is a 24 or 28 volt AC gear motor. There is a non-polarized electrolytic that is used as a "motor run" capacitor...have all the capacitors been replaced?

[jbeary]

Hi Tom and Chad,

Thanks for the advice. I’m going to post this same request on antiqueradios.com/forums tonight and keep my fingers crossed. What happened is that the motor is open on one set of windings and because the dial string was busted, I never thought to fully check the motor because it was turning one way. After completely recapping and then restringing this thing I discovered the motor trouble then I just put it aside. That was four years ago. But this thing plays 78’s better than anything I’ve ever owned and because I now have immediate access to my 78 collection, I’m on a mission. If worse comes to worse, I’ll try to retrofit a new motor but the set-up is like clockworks and there’s a clutch that I’d have to bust free and then JB weld and hope it works. I figured that it could be easier to just find a trashed chassis or another motor, then again, the 1135 is sixty years old and yes, it does weigh more than my CTC-7.

Thanks again,
Jeff

[jbeary]

Hi again,

Well Tom's advice produced more than I could. I got a reply from www.antiqueradios.com. Here's the post: http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/...9116c4a2f5563d There are also some pictures posted that others may find useful. Gotta love the internet! I'll post an update if anyone is interested.

Thanks again,
Jeff