Crosley 9-403M Restoration

[MadMan]

Ah, it has one of them new-fangled invisible CRT's. Nice.

[BigDavesTV]

Originally Posted by MadMan

Ah, it has one of them new-fangled invisible CRT's. Nice.

Safer that way, no worries about implosion!

Very nice looking Crosley, best wishes as you restore it!

[azbigsam]

What are the dimensions of the set? I may have a back that would work.

[Crist Rigott]

Originally Posted by azbigsam

What are the dimensions of the set? I may have a back that would work.

The width would be 20 1/2 inches and the height of 10 1/4 inches. I got the height from "witness marks" on the back edge of the cabinet.

[Crist Rigott]

I used a 1/2 inch square piece of hard maple to make a "stand" while I work on the underneath part of the chassis. I removed the tuning scales to keep them safe. I then tape some folded over paper towels to the top of the power transformer and to the top of the HV cage to protest them while inverted.
I used an existing hole in the chassis and bolted on a small cross-member so the stand will stay in place.
Much easier to work on when it is this way.

[Crist Rigott]

I also use some spacers that I make up so I can grab the chassis when upright.

These spacers are 1" x 1/2" with a 3/16 hole down the middle. I then use a 5/16 drill bit and counter bore a hole about 1/4 deep. Then I round the "bottom" corner to prevent it from digging into my bench top.

For the hardware I use some #10 (3/16) x 1 1/2 long countersink head 10-24 bolts. I also use some 10-24 nylon lock nuts. Using my disc sander I reduce the head diameter so it'll fit into the counter bored hole.

Then the spacer is bolted to the chassis. Works great and I can grab and lift the chassis much easier. Been doing this type of thing for awhile now. Works great!

[Crist Rigott]

As my usual practice, I labeled all the tubes, resistors, capacitors, coils, inductors, and transformers according to the Sams docs. I also label all the terminal strips.

There was only 1 resistor that was in the chassis that wasn't covered in the Sams. See if you can spot it in picture #2. I also found a mistake with the value with C56. Sams has it listed as a .002uf while it should be a .003uf which was installed and Riders has it listed as a .003uf.

Now I'm ready to start re-stuffing the E-Caps.