The toggle isn't flipping over Fred, if only one of the contacts was at fault then either the
radio or the light would be making. Neither does. for the last year or so I had to snap it on
and off several times to get it to flip over, now it's just not making at all.
As I said, I've already "carefully" taken it apart once and usually the tabs won't take being
bent more than a couple of times before they break off, then your sunk.
The silicon bronze contact springs are very fragile in these and they tend to loose their
tension very easy. The contacts weren’t burn at all but they do oxidize which is another
problem with them.
New orange drop buffer when I rebuilt the radios Bill, just a few hours time on it. I doubt
if it had more that 15 or 20 hours on it because I get tired real quick of AM talk radio. I've
got a Sony unit that clips under the dash, which gives me AM/FM/CD/USB capability for
easy listening. I power that and my 12v tach with a voltage booster cube. Might have
mislead you guys on the tone control, it is a three position switch which simply switches
the caps into or out of the circuit, not a resistance. What I really meant was that I had
access to the volume pot element when I disassembled stack.
Oh yeah, the light! The purpose of the double pole-single throw switches are that the dial
light is powered by the dash light dimmer section of the head light switch but controlled
by the radio ON/OFF switch. The second set of contacts feeds the power to the radio
itself.
Might be a couple of weeks before I can get to the radio bench, I literally mean get to the
radio bench. It’s collected a whole summers worth of crap that needs to be cleared off.
Winter or when I become snow bound, is the only time I work on the radios, to busy
when the sun shines.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 01/07/2012 6:25 PM.
