clueless on a repair

[Old1625]

Originally Posted by Pioneer4evr

I have repaired many of these sets. If we were talking about a 30's or 40's set I would look at the tubes last. With these 50's and 60's imports I check the tubes first. I would alos suggest you clean the switches and controls before you do anything. Tell me exactly what it doesn't do.

Bingo! The pushbutten "keys" at the bottom of the fancy glass dial are notorious for weak contact issues.

The other 2 major bugs I've found are open capacitors and failed power transformers.