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The 5 tube super het in my 50 Ford....got it from a junkyard in 1970 (had no radio...factory blank plate) and it has been a pain in the hindquarters ever since.
First, the centre tap on the power transformer was bad...found another (taller), modified the cover by bending.
IF coils died at various times...caps..tubes..quit again 6 months ago and I'm tired of futzing with it.
Three weeks ago today, while donating a neighbor's old van to a Church, I see a pair of 49-51 fordors (proper spelling) under the trees...rusted to all get out....ask if I can pull parts.
Sure. Gonna scrap them.
Radiators, grilles, instrument cluster (complete), some side trim, and in the dash is a radio.
Just looking from outside I knew what it was...the extra-cost, high-end, OZF Zenith 8-tube push-pull, with knobs.
Opened and cleaned the vibrator, replace the shorted 1600V buffer cap, three more coupling caps, the main filters (three separate instead of can), and even though I haven't worked on an 8-tube for...at least 50 years....it is in the dash today, and works flawlessly.
Now to fix the 5-tube and put it on the shelf.
First, the centre tap on the power transformer was bad...found another (taller), modified the cover by bending.
IF coils died at various times...caps..tubes..quit again 6 months ago and I'm tired of futzing with it.
Three weeks ago today, while donating a neighbor's old van to a Church, I see a pair of 49-51 fordors (proper spelling) under the trees...rusted to all get out....ask if I can pull parts.
Sure. Gonna scrap them.
Radiators, grilles, instrument cluster (complete), some side trim, and in the dash is a radio.
Just looking from outside I knew what it was...the extra-cost, high-end, OZF Zenith 8-tube push-pull, with knobs.
Opened and cleaned the vibrator, replace the shorted 1600V buffer cap, three more coupling caps, the main filters (three separate instead of can), and even though I haven't worked on an 8-tube for...at least 50 years....it is in the dash today, and works flawlessly.
Now to fix the 5-tube and put it on the shelf.