hey guys, hoping one of the radio doctors can help me out here, I just took the radio out of my "Big GMC" (1950 350 series ) and discovered it is a Delco from the correct era but it is an oldsmobile radio... even says deluxe on the faceplate. ok the radio number is 982544, it is a 6 volt radio and I beleive it was used in a negative ground application ( I know it does not matter with a mechanical vibrator )
here is deal I researched around here a lot and read the tech article on fixing these things, so I took her apart ( well uncased it anyway ) cleaned it up and looked it over good. I then located and unplugged the vibrator and powered her up. yay dial light and heaters .. no smoke and all was well. I powered it back down and installed the vibrator and tried again, same results.... no hum from the vibrator and no reaction from the glass OZ4. ok so I took the vibrator back out and powered it up again, and am getting 6v at two of the pins on the vibrator socket....so bad Vibrator right ?
well I figured since I was replacing it I may as well open it up and take a look.... Suprise! a VERY high quality part, well sealed with a nice natural rubber sleeve around it for dampening and WOW, points were great no signs of over heat and a little ohm checking rvealed the points work as advertised, just do not vibrate. SO I am thinking the Tank circuit that cause it to ring likely has a bad cap?? guess I will have to dig further in the morning and see what the meter says.
I know it has been posted a bunch but because I live in Alaska and have to ship everything, is there a source for a Cap "kit" that I can just get all of the caps I need in one order prior to checking all of mine and taking them out and itemizing?
Any suggestions hints tips or Flames welcomed !
Thanks
Dan
