1040 good buddy!

[Buzzsaaw]

YUP... Thanks WA2ISE...

You got it on the drawing on the right.. That's the tubes exactly. No .05 caps though... so .. here's the list
.01, .03, .004, .03 and a Ecap with a 30 and 20 mfd in it.. I was going to try to find that Fed brand and also the Admiral and see if one of these had the same stuff in them.

I had to order some caps from Canada and I asked them if they've ever heard of this Lang brand and if they had a SD for it.. I'll let you know..

It's fun looking for this stuff.. and I really enjoy FleeBays huge list of radios to stare at and look up the various model's SD's. These radios are really something!.. ah.. those were the days...
73

Buzz

[Buzzsaaw]

Started cleaning up the case a little and removed the dial cover. I noticed it was crack in one place but when I got it out, there's another spot that's cracking. I may be able to glue it back but thought for the fun of it, to see if I could find a replacement.
Measures overall 3 5/8" X 4 3/16" and the dome that fits in the case hole measures 2 3/4" X 3 5/16.



Over all view



corner 1



corner 2

I've done some looking around in the Antique links for someone who makes this stuff but couldn't find anything. Now I'm looking not only for the Lang 1040 but the Federal 1040T model.

While I'm posting some pics, I did find some knobs that don't look too bad.. the big ones are a little far fetched though...



Da Big ones!



Little ones



And the original little knobs which quite frankly, don't look too good either!..

Keep playing that good AM music!

Buzz

[wa2ise]

There was a guy Bill Turner IIRC over in the old usenews groups rec.antiques.radio+phono who used to make replacements of these. It's been a while since I've looked at newsgroups.

[Buzzsaaw]

Thanks Wa2ISE,

I've looked at that site and don't see it listed so I'll write him and see what's up in that department. Nice site.. and lots of stuff.

I was thinking that If I could find something to splice those tears with I could glue them up. Maybe some plastic packaging that they are using for "everything" now days could be glued onto it. Then a little elbow grease and polish and it's good as new.

Buzz

[peverett]

You might try this website for a replacement dial cover:

http://jmpalm.home.mindspring.com/

I have had good luck with his covers.

[Buzzsaaw]

Thanks for the info guys..

The caps are on order but I had to take thing apart a bit.



An overall view



More



And some more



Speaker with vibration proof screw installed. The wire coming from the speaker coil was broken.



Cleaned up a bit and closer view.



Front view.



Top side



Tuning Capacitor and it's Grommets. They look awfully big? Right?



With the Grommets removed, notice the double hole. Is this normal? Also in that picture, the RF antenna coil is visible with no support for the coil other than the large Gage wire it's soldered to.

A few more days and it will be playing music.

Buzz