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1937-38 RF stages are EASY to service!
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12-29-2012, 10:11 PM
I'm sure that Ron and Chuck will have something to add to this thread. Not having had a 1937-38 modular chassis Philco cross my bench as yet I can't really comment either way. But I don't agree that sets like this were designed for easy servicing, servicing seems to have been the last thing on the mind of the engineers designing many 1930s sets, I think the expectation was that the set may have a 10-15 year service life and then be traded in. I have an example of this on my bench right now in the form of a Rogers Ten-60, while it is a good performer the design reeks of stupidity, I will post photos at some point just to show everyone. However I can say that accessing the rear spark plug on the right side on a Chrysler 440 V8 is not really an ordeal in spite of what some say, it takes twice as long as the other seven plugs but not really a big deal.
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1937-38 RF stages are EASY to service! - by AI2V - 12-28-2012, 12:12 PM
RE: 1937-38 RF stages are EASY to service! - by Arran - 12-29-2012, 10:11 PM



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