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Hi Rob, unfortunately I only caught the last 5 minutes of the live stream. I'm watching in Perth Western Australia. no problems with the sound or video great to see a non-staged repair. I'm impressed with all your video repairs you can't be easy having a live stream keep up the good work and great technical detail. PS I have now watched full steam. Thank you👍👍👍

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Hi Rob, well done. I'm still struggling a LOT with just making and editing ordinary videos, so I know how brave it is to actually go live! I might attempt it one day.

Cracking job on this set, lovely sound, looks superb. Really enjoy your videos.

Hi Rob, I like the stream idea so here's to more ! Marc.

I would have turned up but I am working.

Does that have a "Receiver Broadcast Type 'x'" designation, Rob? I have three of these, the grandest being a Type A which is a Bush AC71 with a vibrator PSU. The others are made by RM Electric and not sure who the third one was made by, but if you remember Tudor Rees he used to sell NOS single-band ones in the early 1980s.

Camera & Sound absolutely fine this end.

Cheers Rob. A good start and worth pursuing as an idea.

Missed you by an hour sorry. 👍

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Damn transformers again! Can't wait to hear it running.

Why did they stop selling these?

Wow, that's quite the radio, no expense spared! This is the first time I have seen this restoration effort. I have never worked on a Capehart but, have been restoring antique radios since 1972. Due to the components and dial, I assume this radio was built in 1937. With the 115 volt, 25 Hz mains, this radio was built for Canadian use. That dual stage RF amplifier is very unusual, this was only used in WW II military receivers to minimize the LO leakage output from the antenna port. The "M" resistor value multiplier is a Roman Numeral meaning 1,000. When replacing that power resistor with the aluminum chassis mount resistor, I recommend putting a copper heat spreader under it to help spread out the heat. The wattage rating on these parts assumes an infinite heat sink. I always use silver plated stranded teflon insulated wire for replacement, it never ages and can't be burned by the soldering iron. Great job so far on the restoration effort!

You are either insane, crasy, or lost your mind. I would have a heart attack trying to tackle this Unit 😂🤣, and I am a Tech for the last 37 years :) GREAT JOB Buddy.

You're a (far) braver man than I!!

TO The Vintage Tv and Wireless Company: **YOU NEED TO MAKE MORE CAMERA MOVEMENTS IN YOUR FUTURE VIDEOS!!**

Great episode Rob! I have serviced five 1938 tuners to date, and each one I had to do what you did removing the front panel. The 1937 model year is similar and can be a real pain when it comes time to replace belts. I also have opened up the air core I.F. units just like you did to replace the crumbling wire. I have never seen a 1937 or 1938 unit with good rubber wire in that section. I would replace the glass R.F. and I.F radio tubes with metal ones for proper shielding. Capehart used metal tubes in the tuners exclusively in 1937 and 1938. Glad you were able to remove the side panel to do service work, I have done the same every time as well. I have never seen the Cad-ohm resistor as you mentioned on a standard 1938 tuner. Must be a special item either due to the remote feature or perhaps for the fact the set was an export model. Very interesting how they have the motor, solenoid, and gearing set up for remote operation. Your volume control is in the metal box below the tuner wood shelf. The reason for this is the remote control. When you move the volume control on the radio face, those fingers will engage the volume control motor up and down, so you will hear the motor every time when you engage the wood knob by hand, its really neat. Same principle on the remote control. I have serviced a 1940 Capehart 501-H which had something identical. Capehart in 1938 was very complex and ahead of it's time in my opinion. I have always removed the large 13.5" speaker as well. It is a heavy and in an awkward position. Replacing those rubber grommets are critical for sure for cabinet vibration dampening where the speaker hangs. The tuner chassis also sits on 4 top-hat rubber grommets inverted fitting down into the wood shelf. Overall looks great, you are the man for the job for sure. Hang in there and keep us updated. These 400 and 500 Capehart restorations are not for the faint of heart. Thanks for sharing your video's with us. Jon Ketron

It was quite common on early schematics to use suffix 'M' for 1000, rather than 'K'. If the number was in megohms then 'Meg' was written. It seems that at some point they realised it was much clearer to use 'K' for 1000. So it's worth looking out for that. Often with early schematics for radios with the resistors colour code marked 'Body-End-Spot', rather than stripes, too.

Just so awesome to see old tech working again as a star trek fan loved the intro i am assuming you are in the UK when did colour tv arrive in the uk??

Nice to see this repair I was a tv technician back in the day but unfortunately or fortunately I never worked on valve tvs I worked on the Philips K9 Philips CTO and tvs around that era so had no experience on valves but back in the day spoke to TV technicians that did work and they saw the transition from valve to solid state but glad to have worked on CRT TV's nice work ❤

It's coming along nicely, can't wait for the next installment. Do you have any idea what it would have cost new?

Nice work as ever! That cracked resistor couldn't have been in a more awkward place.

A very impressive restoration - looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Is the customer UK-based? Just wondering, as you have to get the transformer rewound, if you could do it for 240V input?

Just a quick question and that was how heavy is that 14" speaker as it looks like it weights a ton!

Great stuff Rob. Nearly there!

I can't believe how complex the tuner section is! I think it would have scared off most restorers when they saw how many components that needed replacing were so deeply buried in the chassis. Also the tuning belt replacement took real courage to get to. Shame about the transformer but i cant wait to see the tuner working with the amps and those huge speakers. Very impressive work here on this very complicated tuner.

Sir, You are a genius! What a lovely channel. Thank you for sharing your skills. This is a good motivation for me to get on with repairing and restoring my own collection of mainly 405 line TV's. More please!

I could NOT get the bubble lights to keep from tipping over. 😒Video looks great though. I gave up.

In the UK we had Sobell model SG-679 manufactured 1964. Listened to Radio Luxembourg on 608 Medium Wave, "your station of the stars" from 7pm. On the shortwave band listened to many stations and learned to recognise their callsigns. On Medium Wave were about ten pirate radio stations, such as Radio City, London, Caroline North, Caroline South, 260, 390, Essex, England. Our Sobell was shipped to Australia in 1967 😎

Flavors choice. Looks pretty baked. Cool set. Interesting layout. Must be a euro set?

I am restoring an rgd 1046g and need to find out what the size/specs are for the 2 fuses housed on the amplifier case. I have looked everywhere including the manual and diagrams but no luck. Would you be able to help me out?

That cinch rubber CRT connector reminds me of a Ferguson "flight" model of the same era, which I used to own. It was so compact, it was no bigger externally than the aw 43 88 17 inch Tube. It had a moulded mdf type case, with outer wrap in vinyl, and a carry handle on the top. You placed the set face down and the whole cabinet came off in one pull. I chucked it as the tube was soft, but regretted it later.

Oh, why did you not restuff the old capacitors?

Mozart Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 😀

Well, I think it's good that the light gave you some trouble. Now the viewers can see what to do if they have the same problems during disassembly/assembly. My family had the Noma biscuit base bubble lights here in the states from the 1940s to 1960s.

magnavox changers had a switch that was quite similar

does that have a stereo or mono cartridge? i always wondered how the tc8s sounded

We call those radios "boat anchors" here in the USA! Do you put a fuse in the mains circuit to protect your power transformer?

LEGAUL!!

Thank u for the video , i have a Murphy v2027.black and white set , not working ,i am hoping to fix it myself, first ever , i know chasis is live , my ? Is has this model v2027 got the oil filled transformer ? If yes i will pass it on to someone with more Experience

Another very enjoyable video. Looking forward to seeing your next instalment.

So lovely and nostalgic! 🤗

Can you recommend any resources to learn repairing vintage televisions, I’m undertaking appliances repair training here in New Zealand, however they don’t go into vintage equipment like these beautiful old televisions.

Hi Rob, can I ask where you source your silicone covered wire in the nice shades of colour?

I see you’ve gone semi viral with the 100,000 view video ❤ always nice to discover new old channels 😊

Surprising good quality. What is the duration of one of those little spools and can you still obtain them?

Wasnt there one of those in Revenge of the nerds?

Thats a great tv set.

"the wife doesn't mind if he does WHAT in the sitting room ?? Make tea ?? How strange 🤔