[Arran]

Well back from weekend. I found a 56K resistor across the phono cartridge that wasn't on schematic. So I removed it and now the phono side volume is as good as the Radio side.. Why someone would do that who knows...

So records now play good. I will still go into it and clean,lube ETC .. Maybe paint? This was the biggest challenge so far... And I thought that the other console I did a 42-1012 and replacing the rubber wire was bad..  Piece of cake compared to this..

So now have 3 working out of the 6 I got recently.  The 6 I purchased were a Philco 46-1201,46-1203,46-350  and RCA T55, and V210  with a Stromberg Carlson 440M..

Working so far are the Stromberg, RCA T55 and the 46-1201.. Working on the V210 now,capacitor  replacement..

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 The resistor in question was probably added at the factory to tamp down the output of the original Rochelle Salt crystal cartridge which would have been about 3 volts, it probably died, or wore out, and was replaced with a newer ceramic one which puts about maybe 1 volt if you are lucky. The orginal one in my Bing Crosby is dead so it will likely be replaced by a more modern ceramic element cartridge, I could rebuild the original but since it can't be seen there isn't much point.
Regards
Arran