DELCO RADIO TRANSISTOR 2N2492 CRACKED
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Bought some Krylon 'Cover-max' satin black paint and hope to give it a couple coats tomorrow so I can finish cleaning and reassemble radio this weekend. Removed the pointer backplate which had some flaking paint and cleaned/prepped surface with Scotchbrite & acetone. Thanks to Meade, I'm now able to complete this radio. Meade very kindly sent me a good tuning shaft, so sure hope all else comes together !Īrf9 chevy ctl.jpg Don't remember what happened to the speaker and antenna, but I tore the power supply Dad made for it apart and broke open the bakelite-encased wet electrolytics to see what was inside-and remember unwinding the foil and the smell ! But its had some rough handling in the meantime. And I can't find the other 61-63 knob, though I did find the base blank inner 'knob' (tuning side)-but will search further for the elusive knob.įunny thing is that this radio only has several hours of use since as a 6 year-old, I lost interest quickly and traded it to a neighbor for others parts I wanted-and he just put it in his 'stash' until I got it back many years later. So either need a control with good 'tone' section and bad volume and/or switch or a complete good control.

DELCO RADIO TRANSISTOR 2N2492 CRACKED

But turned out that the phenolic base of tone control was cracked and a large piece was missing causing loose mount-tried to take it apart to see if I could fix it somehow and the element broke also ! Arghhh. And good to hear from you-it been a long while !įor some reason, Dad put the 61-63 Chevy knobs on the radio when he got it for me back in '66-maybe they had a surplus of those in salvage at the time ?ĭid a bit this evening-the volume/tone control was loose 'rotationally' (though both sections worked fine) and thought that just the front tabs had come loose from a 'hit' to shaft.

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Neat Corvair, Bruce-and great job with stereo conversion ! I've got the Delco manual which covers the equipment from 65-66 if you need any info scanned. I did find the factory power/speaker connector and wiring in one of my junk boxes. Believe I have a spare output transistor, but am sure glad you mentioned that bias pot as I hadn't even considered checking it ! I did power it up after I got it back years ago and just got a lot of squeals & oscillations if I remember correctly-probably the bad caps.

Joe-sure appreciate the 'restoration' checklist and it brought back a lot of memories since I haven't worked on one of these for many years. And many more thanks for taking time to look for that tuning shaft-sure hope you find one !!! Otherwise, it would have been torn up for parts or have mysteriously 'disappeared' during one of Mom's frequent 'seek-and-discard missions'.

Think this radio only had several hours of use since I was a 'busy' kid with other interests-the only reason it survived was because of that trade I mentioned. I saw the '65' in model number and made an incorrect assumption. Meade-'66 makes sense since that's the year Dad gave it to me. Thanks very much Guys for your help & info ! Last edited by xrhonda91 on Aug 3:36 pm, edited 2 times in total. Will post about the shaft in classifieds if no one here responds.ĪRF 65 DELCO SIDE.jpg ĪRF 65 DELCO CHEVY.jpg ĪRF 65 DELCO TUN FLEX SHFT.jpg Once I find that piece, it shouldn't be too difficult to get back together. It is very easily removed by loosening a set-screw on tuning mechanism. I'm hoping someone here into car radios will have the flexible tuning shaft in a scrapped set or junkbox since the end of mine broke off after all the abuse it took through the years. This radio survived because I traded it to a neighbor who was also a Delco employee for some other parts and he kept it in his garage for many years until I stopped by for a visit as a young adult and he gave it back to me ! It's been moved several times and spent most of the time stored in carport shed & garages-but finally got it out a year or two ago planning to get it functional again after 48 years, if possible ! When he and Mom divorced that year, she bought a house which had a workbench made from a hollow-core door already in my bedroom and from that point forward, that simple bench got many years of use ! The knobs he put on it were '62 or '63 Chevy. This is probably a long-overdue project since it is my very first 'transistor radio' given me by my Dad in 1966 when I was 6 years old-and the only surviving electronic item I know of which I still have from that time ! He was an Engineer at Delco Radio and bought it, an antenna & speaker from their salvage dept.

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