[Terry Judkins]

Yes, the 41-250 series is bad but I nominate the 48-482 as the toughest Philco that I have done. Thirty plus caps and some are under the band switch mechanism. I have refurbed three and all were a challenge. I had to disassemble the FM1000 IF transformer in one and replace the tuning slugs someone had broken and had to remove the first IF in another to replace a shorted mica cap. Not easy as all of the wiring is covered by the FM section. But there is no rotten rubber insulation to replace!

A Zenith 7S529 that I restored for my brother was the pits though. I consider it worse than a Philco 41-250 or 48-482. It had rotten rubber wiring and a tiny chassis with tone switches that were missing and broken. Figuring out the wiring to replacement switches was not easy.