Is my Philco 49-1240 missing a tuner cover?

[Phil Nelson]

Ah, the corner mounts. A couple of mine are cracked and losing stray bits. I was scheming to glue them together in hopes of getting a few more miles out of 'em, but maybe I will splurge and get those repros.

Phil Nelson

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Ah, the corner mounts. A couple of mine are cracked and losing stray bits. I was scheming to glue them together in hopes of getting a few more miles out of 'em, but maybe I will splurge and get those repros.

Phil Nelson

If you do get the repro. mounts, make sure you reuse the metal inserts. They work fine in my Philco radios but this chassis is a lot heavier - especially around the transformer. Those inserts give the mounts a little more strength.

[M3-SRT8]

Bumblebees...

My Philco 48-1001 had a ga-zillion of them. I replaced them all, of course, along with all the Electrolytics AND the 7 or 8 Micas. Also, I replaced all the CandiOhm Wirewounds. It sprang immediately to full life after that. Just minor tweaking to optimize it's performance. Thank God, as it is a very complex chassis. I would have hated to troubleshoot or align the set.

Result? One of my best performing 10BP4 based TV Sets. Great Picture, mediocre sound. The Tuner is a weak spot of the design, as it wanders a bit, and you have to occasionally tweak the Tuning Oscillator. But the Video performance is superb. Great depth of field, black levels, and contrast.

Maybe there's a 48-1000 in my future...