I am hoping some of you might respond with a little practical advice to help further my learning and expectations!
1) Have any of you ever seen a radio that had been neglected for a long period of time and you put it on the bench...and it is WAY out of alignment? What kind of component issue causes it to go out of alignment? Assuming it once worked OK and now it doesn't.... something changed! I am going to suppose electrolytics could be high on the list..... but what else?
2) is there anything you need to know when you get ready to attack the various coils/transformers in an attempt to align? I know about the use of "proper alignment tools" and not to use hard steel screwdrivers... so I am going to go ahead and count THAT as number 1!!!!! Other than that though..... do the cores tend to be tight or resist turning when the radio is older? (worthy of note, I took a very close look at all of my tuning slugs yesterday... and I do not see wax on a ONE of them! Does that surprise anybody?)
3) Have any of you ever seen a case where, immediately after a successful recap....... things the didn't work do? Or things that didn't work well... work better?
Thanks in advance. These are just some thoughts occupying my mind as I roll closer to the alignment on this Console V.
Bob
1) Have any of you ever seen a radio that had been neglected for a long period of time and you put it on the bench...and it is WAY out of alignment? What kind of component issue causes it to go out of alignment? Assuming it once worked OK and now it doesn't.... something changed! I am going to suppose electrolytics could be high on the list..... but what else?
2) is there anything you need to know when you get ready to attack the various coils/transformers in an attempt to align? I know about the use of "proper alignment tools" and not to use hard steel screwdrivers... so I am going to go ahead and count THAT as number 1!!!!! Other than that though..... do the cores tend to be tight or resist turning when the radio is older? (worthy of note, I took a very close look at all of my tuning slugs yesterday... and I do not see wax on a ONE of them! Does that surprise anybody?)
3) Have any of you ever seen a case where, immediately after a successful recap....... things the didn't work do? Or things that didn't work well... work better?
Thanks in advance. These are just some thoughts occupying my mind as I roll closer to the alignment on this Console V.
Bob