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Old 31st Dec 2022, 6:08 pm   #8
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Default Re: What did I get myself into? Murphy A40C.

Thanks! Not sure how the bandwith/tone/noise suppression suppose to work as it's a selector switch?

Yes, the speaker is not the original one, it's a Goodmans Axiom 112 and I think I've seen the original one, was it a Celestion speaker with a cloth at the back? Previous owner had this radio for longer than I'm alive and it wasn't used for as long too. Looking at the chassis speaker, it looks like it was replaced in the sixties before he purchased it. There are still quite a lot of original wax capacitors, along with a few more possibly more modern ones.

Got it all apart now, I suppose I'll start with some cleaning and go from there

Chassis weighs a ton, also I can see the original colour under knobs and it was significantly darker. Think I'll sand it all down and restain it to match original colour.

Chassis itself doesn't scare me, I'll recap the whole thing, check all resistors and replace what's out of spec and hopefully it will spring back to life, that said alignment is out of question, don't have the tools to do it, neither the skill so hopefully I'll find someone to help me with this
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