37-116 automatic tuning dial woes
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Fighting this thing. Has the 'early' setup with the spring for the mask in the spacer hub. 1st problem the mask is getting up on the step on the hub . when it does this it locks the mask to the dial assy, so when you try to tune it it turns the band switch (and visa versa) Hard to tell what was right since the drawing in the bulletin was the 2nd type.Gave up trying to figure what was going on and took a drum sander and relieved the mask enough so it wouldn't hang on the hub. That seems to work fine so I'm going with it. 8)
2nd issue, the dial scale is cracked on the inner ring that holds it to the hub, but away from the little key. This can allow the dial to jump the key and slip on the hub. What would be best to repair the crack? superglue, service cement, etc? never tried to glue phenolic before.
3rd issue with the set, not the dial. It has a 30s/40s aftermarket phono input installed in it. (You know the one with the L bracket, rca jack, switch and 2 caps attached.) its installed well what do you all think, leave it or remove it?
John
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(03-14-2012, 12:04 AM)LASJayhawk Wrote: Fighting this thing. Has the 'early' setup with the spring for the mask in the spacer hub. 1st problem the mask is getting up on the step on the hub . when it does this it locks the mask to the dial assy, so when you try to tune it it turns the band switch (and visa versa) Hard to tell what was right since the drawing in the bulletin was the 2nd type.Gave up trying to figure what was going on and took a drum sander and relieved the mask enough so it wouldn't hang on the hub. That seems to work fine so I'm going with it. 8)
2nd issue, the dial scale is cracked on the inner ring that holds it to the hub, but away from the little key. This can allow the dial to jump the key and slip on the hub. What would be best to repair the crack? superglue, service cement, etc? never tried to glue phenolic before.
3rd issue with the set, not the dial. It has a 30s/40s aftermarket phono input installed in it. (You know the one with the L bracket, rca jack, switch and 2 caps attached.) its installed well what do you all think, leave it or remove it?
I always remove those aftermarket phono jacks, 90% of the time they were crudely intalled and cause a hum or intermittent audio. Even if they aren't I have enough sets with factory installed phono jacks that I don't really need them on the ones that are not supposed to have them. At least three of the sets I picked up last year had aftermarket phono jacks or other junk added and I removed the jacks while conducting my intitial inspection and dust removal. Philcos, at least American made ones, never left the factory with an RCA Phono jack so I would remove them.
As for the dail, if the original is cracked I would buy a reproduction one and forget about repairing it unless it's really minor. It is not phenolic it's a form of celluloid, you could try gluing it but there isn't much to glue to without re-enforcing it in some way by laminating to the backside.
Regards
Arran
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Arran, Mark cant get the stock to make a new dial, his vendors won't promise him just what tint they will be. So I gotta fix this one, or die trying!
John
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Radio Daze may have a replacement dial for sale.
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Clear packing tape works fine for me. I just stick on the back side of the dial.
Terry
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