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Old 02-06-2011, 09:02 PM
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Well, I "fixed" the GE. Then, I parted it out. To get it playing, I had to replace the filter cap and a dead 12SA7. Even though the chassis had severe rust, the tuning capacitor was severely gunked up, and the cabinet had more cracks than I'd first noticed; I decided to proceed with the recap. That all stopped when the 35Z5 socket broke while replacing the "across the line" cap. Since the radio is in poor shape, I decided not to go to the effort of changing a socket. So, I pulled the speaker and the tubes, cut off the AC cord, and put it all back together. I can either throw the rest of the radio in my "parts radio" pile or I can let a friend, who sells second hand junk, try to sell this for a few $ as a shelf queen. I think this model of GE is still common enough that it shouldn't be too hard to find a nicer example that has not lived such a hard life. Oh well, it's "junker" radios like this that provide us with spare parts to fix the nicer sets.
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