I hesitate to write that I am asking about a radio from a 41 chevy sedan. The car is driven by a fine stovebolt engine, and who knows if I might install the radio in my truck? In any case I have a radio repair looming, and I few questions, and I value the good advice doled out here.
My great-aunt drove the car until 1974. During the 50's she had trouble with the neighbor boys sneaking into the garage at night to listen to the radio, draining the battery. She had the Chevy dealer disable the radio. I can't see what they did - the fuse is there and all the tubes, there is no obvious damage or dangling wires. When I start the radio it still draws on the battery. No sound, and there hasn't been any as long as I have known the car, which is my whole life.
The model number is 985695. I want to have a working radio and in my teenage years I was obsessed with old radios. I hope I can dredge up some old skills or luck.
But I live in Sweden now, and there is no longer any AM radio here. My idea is to attach an input jack at the volume control so that I can run an mp3 player or smart phone and keep it in the glovebox. I know this can be done, but I don't know if it is as simple as I hope.
But I still want to know that the radio works. Any idea how I can test the receiver without local AM signals?
My plan is to replace the capacitors and the vibrator, maybe even have a try at the ss OZ4 Denny has engineered.
Here are a coupla pictures.
Radio 1 Radio 2 Thanks for the help
Karl
