SEnd photos of all the projects!

Chris Campbell

Looks like a restoration triumph to me! Maybe you should do a YouTube class on the printing program.

Chris Campbell

Dolly Parton embodied most of the virtues that we think of as part of our national character. She was self-made, rising by her own efforts from poverty. She as smart and hard-working. She was focused and determined. She handled celebrity with a skill that few others did. She had talent and used it e...

Last night the Grand Ole Opry had a tribute to Dolly Parton. I decided to listen to it on the 1951 Magnavox that I had recapped earlier in the summer. At first I could find nothing at 650 kHz, where WSM resides. Then I reached behind and rotated the big hinged AM antenna. Bingo! I did not realize ho...

Trip mechanisms are the Achilles' heel of all changers.

Chris Campbell

Looks good, thank you.

Chris Campbell

I did the Google search thing. Problem is (a) Sony made several mechanisms under the same model no., and (b) I haven't been able to access a manual or other specs. One video skipped from starting disassemby to reassembly--"There, we replaced the belts." Wish they had shown doing it and dis...

Any suggestions for recorder belts? I just took apart a Sony kid's cassette machine, a TCM-4000, and the belts were sticky goo. And how about size info?

Chris Campbell

My Chevy uses brake fluid in the convertible top hydraulics. I recall adding brake fluid not too long before the car went int hibernation for >35 years, and I'd worry that I had messed up the system by adding a hygroscopic fluid to a hydraulic system. Then I looked it up and found that;s what was re...

I've always liked the looks of V-M devices of that era. But what were they thinking when they they put three tubes right underneath the filter cap? Didn't the engineers understand convection?

Chris Campbell

The other ads that popped up for me included a ca, 1956 Magnasonic, a fancier model than mine because it included a tuner--$200 in MIdland, MI. IT has the parallel push-pull 6V6 amp (mono). Listed as "Old Speaker."

Chris Campbell

Zenith was good about those socketed transistors. My first portable radio has them.

I've read about stereo threshhold pots getting dirty. Mark the wiper and move it some and see what happens?

Chris Campbell

The Mustang made it around town at the other end and then home again too for a total of about 300 miles over a three-day weekend. But when I posted the photo of the TFI relocation, I realized how dirty the engine compartment was. So I washed it. In years past, I would knock on doors for local candid...

Yeah, it's a Dynaflow, and the color is a repaint job. Definitely not suited for that car.

Chris Campbell

Anybody tired of fiddly electronics and want to wrench on a car? This one has been sitting for about a year so I'll bet a fair offer would take it. Must not be a Michigan car--way too solid.
Chris Campbell

What are you doing about the faceplate trim piece? Since you're aiming for "lookin' good" and not "passing Greg's inspection at the Buick club," I would be inclined to fashion a substitute and not aim for perfect historical accuracy

Chris Campbell

My theory is that they chose precision levels for a reason. If they chose 5% or better, it's because the value matters there.

Chris Campbell

Is the voltage maybe measured to a different ground or B- ?

Chris Campbell

Took the first road trip in the relocated-TFI car. 145 miles at highway speeds in a 40 year old vehicle. No problems!

Chris Campbell

Ill bet that whoever owns the car now would love to have some of your photos.

Chris Campbell