Makers fault on Pilot PT36 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

kalee99 · 31st May 2007, 6:08 pm

Hello All,
Just bought this set and on hoovering it out I discovered a "makers", fault!
I guess it is too late to claim on the makers gurantee

They forgot the solder. I wonder if it was the tea break?
Paul.

Paul Stenning · 31st May 2007, 10:29 pm

It looks like it's had quite a lot of use though, so I guess they are either making adequate connection or don't do anything too important.

kalee99 · 31st May 2007, 10:55 pm

Now I am into changing all the cap's I can identify the two cap's with no solder to ground as C11 and C16 on the drawing which are V2 Control grid decoupling and V2 Cathode bypass (V2 being the IF amp) so quite important components? The set was full of soot so must have been in a room with a smokey fire for years!

Nickthedentist · 2nd Jun 2007, 12:22 am

My parents' Hacker VHF Herald, bought new in 1971, did not work reliably after a few weeks. It went back under guarantee and was returned with no fault found. After a couple of years of cutting out, it was consigned to the loft

When I got hold of it about 15 years later, I soon found that TWO contacts in the VHF tuner head had never been soldered

I attended to this and the set's been in daily use ever since

31st May 2007, 6:08 pm	#1
kalee99 Rest in Peace Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyneside, UK. Posts: 420	Makers fault on Pilot PT36 Hello All, Just bought this set and on hoovering it out I discovered a "makers", fault! I guess it is too late to claim on the makers gurantee They forgot the solder. I wonder if it was the tea break? Paul. Attached Thumbnails

31st May 2007, 10:29 pm	#2
Paul Stenning Administrator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cardiff Posts: 9,071	Re: Makers fault on Pilot PT36 It looks like it's had quite a lot of use though, so I guess they are either making adequate connection or don't do anything too important. __________________ Paul Stenning Forum Admin/Owner and BVWS Webmaster

31st May 2007, 10:55 pm	#3
kalee99 Rest in Peace Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyneside, UK. Posts: 420	Re: Makers fault on Pilot PT36 Now I am into changing all the cap's I can identify the two cap's with no solder to ground as C11 and C16 on the drawing which are V2 Control grid decoupling and V2 Cathode bypass (V2 being the IF amp) so quite important components? The set was full of soot so must have been in a room with a smokey fire for years! Last edited by kalee99; 31st May 2007 at 10:56 pm. Reason: typo'

2nd Jun 2007, 12:22 am	#4
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,844	Re: Makers fault on Pilot PT36 My parents' Hacker VHF Herald, bought new in 1971, did not work reliably after a few weeks. It went back under guarantee and was returned with no fault found. After a couple of years of cutting out, it was consigned to the loft When I got hold of it about 15 years later, I soon found that TWO contacts in the VHF tuner head had never been soldered I attended to this and the set's been in daily use ever since