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Thank you for this. Great job !

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Is there an episode 2? Thanks

Hello I am in the process of restoring this console and I am alarmed to see that it contains asbestos. Is it dangerous to work with this? Is the clear coat and the aluminized tape enough to safely mitigate this?

How you remove the platter ?

Here's the deal. 😂

I have not viewed "Episode 1", yet can offer a couple thoughts as I watch this one: - There is no such thing as a "Simpson 260 schematic". The 260 has been produced for a LONG time in quite a few versions, or 'Series'. There are significant variations in the circuits of the various series, and Simpson's drafting department was often not clear about which series a particular schematic goes with, and this can be very confusing. - I my own experience restoring various 260's, including the original/earliest version, I found MANY mistakes on the Simpson schematics. I know that within each Series/version Simpson made changes during the production runs, and my guess is that they also had versions of the schematics that would match all the variations, but I have never found a positive way to definitively match a Simpson schematic with a specific example of a 260; Simpson seems to have been less than professional in their documentation, otherwise they would have included serial number ranges or something on each schematic version/revision, or some equivalent scheme. - I have seen Simpson 260 schematics that, for example, identify resistors in the M Ohms as the same value without the 'M', e.g. a 2.4M resistor would be shown as a 2.4 Ohm resistor on the schematic, and clearly that would be a mistake and not due to some incremental variation.

Why can’t the internal switch be kept? Isn’t it already in series with the outlet?

make a video using nanovna to do this.

Thanks for the video as well as one of my favorite radio programs - nice touch. Hope to hear from you soon with another video.

Having watched all episodes of this restoration I thoroughly enjoy every one. Thank you for sharing with us.

Cleaned and shined up very nice! Thanks for sharing both the video and the radio show! Take Care-Larry

I was expecting the red pointer on the back of the hour hand to point to something to make it easier to set rather than having to guess the position behind the black part but I am not sure how that would work.

Don’t know how I missed this video when it came out! Great content and explanation…..Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Take Care-Larry

sometimes i use fels naptha soap and sos pads

i've some that were loaded with hard grease but i use lighter fluid to dissolve the grease

Well done explanation. Length wasn't an issue as I was engaged.

Why is there heat shrink around the resistors?

i think i need to change the copper reel on mine :/ (or whatever its called)

5:40: And the speed in my SL-95 fluctuates so much, it's non-playable anyway after I tore it down to a manual play. To me, these aren't worth the bother to fix them.

5:40: I couldn't get my 95b to function on auto mode, so I just tore it all down and made it a manual....Lol. After a week of cleaning and trying to adjust it, just refused to work. It was either that, or toss it ! I elected to make it non-automatic ! Case closed....

Well done. I may actually learn a thing or two if I watch enough of your clips. I have a radio that is so badly tuned that the screws were all tuned down to the max (tight) - I could pick up one radio station, sometimes two or three, but all below 700 kc. It's also gone through quite a bit of re-engineering, so it's missing parts, which I have replaced. Something I've been playing with is tuning each of the coils independently. I've tried this idea of tuning them together (pri+sec) and have been able to hit 455 kc and that is what allowed me to go from one to three stations, but I notice that the calculator works with each of the coils independently. So my question becomes, is there any benefit to peaking each coil independently to hit 455kc, or is that a maladjustment? It may be moot because I've tried this and one of the coils never peaks - the signal is an order of magnitude lower on it, so I have to adjust the scope to read it, plus when I try to tune it, it never recedes, it just keeps climbing to maximum until the screw contacts the housing. I'm guessing it's open or has a bad capacitor.

Very good explanation on the working parts of the IF coil and how they function. Thanks.

So do you need several incandecent light bulb according different wattages that you may have on several stereos or radios? anyone know? Also do you need to cut the tab/bus on the swith if it does not have an outlet attached? Or is it Ok to leave it like it came from the factory? Thank you

Thank you sir!

Enjoyed your video! I picked up mine for 10 bucks at a flea market. Seller said did not work. Beautiful condition otherwise. Only needed the am converter transistor replaced. A snap to do with those plug in transistors!

I have the same Leader SG in the workshop, unused on a shelf. I think I'll be re-watching and modding mine the same. It might make me use it again! Well done, cracking trio of videos.

Best series I have seen in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

I was really expecting lots of harmonics to be present on the output of your signal generator and that this would be the cause of the drift of the counter but not so. Thanks for the video!!

It’s not uncommon for these generators to have distorted sinewave output. In fact, the distortion allows the generator to output higher frequencies by creating the harmonics needed. Use of the demodulation function along with X-Y function allows one to look at the detected .modulation waveform. This eliminates the need for a higher bandwidth scope for alignments. The circuit uses a saturable reactor to create the necessary sweep used in fm bandpass alignment. The Heath kit IG-57 Sweep generator uses a similar circuit. The two circuit amphenol connector is for the X&Y outputs to drive an oscilloscope. Although the mating connector is still available, I choose to drill an additional front panel hole and replace the two wire connector and add separate BNCs for the X & Y outputs.

Neat little project. I recently restored a signal generator on my channel which has the same problem: resistors and capacitors which have drifted and no way to calibrate. So it might also benefit from a similar modification. Subscribed to your channel.

I have the same signal generator and am following your video with great interest. Thank you for sharing.

You trust the resistors? Or did I miss something? I probably did you are no beginner like me.

Regarding "safe," Everything in the 50s 60s was a "shock hazard" Our bicycles were "dangerous" , we drove around in cars with holes in the floor, we breathed an exhaust fume or two...we weren't "safe" We won 2 wars. Then we became "safe" the government passed laws that made us "safe" We began to lose the sharpening of risk, we lost a war. We are now "safe" We wore masks. We closed schools. Congratulations, we are very very safe now. Not taking anything away from your video it was great! Just a small rant.

Looking forward to seeing your next installment with great interest.

Cool project! Can unused winding of transformer in power supply an option?

I would be very gratefull if you could send me the equivalence of the transistors in this radio

very detailed instructions & well documented...thanks!

My platter will not come off is there a trick to it ? I never saw you remove it in any of your videos.

Pretty sure they have stopped making Johnson’s Paste Wax so treasure your can! Hard to believe given its utility.

Some of these vintage radios are functioning works of art. The workmanship was world leaders back in the day. About a year ago I picked up a black leather box from the dump. I didn`t know what it was until I got home. Now it is a fully functional Zenith Transoceanic H500 made in July1954. Same year I was made. Ha Thanks for your informative videos in learning a new hobby. Great past time in these winter months. Currently fixing a A600 that had been previously worked on by a slopped headed Neanderthal. It`s been interesting.

Then go out and find and stock obsolete light bulbs in various wattages

Hey there! Thank you for this series of videos! I have a question. I recently bought a D7000Y locally. It's in immaculate shape except the battery compartment. It is corroded. The springs still remain in the middle and bottom rows, but the spring on the top row is literally gone as in missing, from the corrosion. How can I fix this as I'm wanting to use my TO outside. I also tried to put in a battery at the bottom just to check the dial light and map light. It didn't work. Do I have to have the bottom row full of batteries for the dial light and map light to work or would all batteries have to be in and have the spring missing from the top row fixed? Thank you for an awesome series of videos! Keep up the great work! Tommy

No transformers "amplify," they have a turns ration that can result in a higher secondary voltage than primary voltage, but the current is proportionate to that; no amplification.

Wintergreen to soften rubber is not new idea, was doing this twenty five years ago. It works much better lasts far longer if you just massage wintergreen into the rubber after softening it first in just more than the hand can stand hot water.

Well, these are functional repairs, however I think a true restoration repair would be different. First, I see no effort to locate the foil end of the capacitors and j hooks are kind of sloppy. How much effort does it take to use a good desoldering tool to open the lugs on the tube sockets. Second, I would have removed the old filter cap and install lug strips to use axial lead capacitors to remain more in keeping with the original build style. Capacitors that belong on a circuit board just look rigged zip tied in there. I also did not see any effort to address the power cord polarity or the death capacitor and/or safety capacitor. If your happy with this, fine, would not be me. Sorry

I would have liked to see it in action. Thanks for showing how to make one

Love my 260. Buddy of mine got it at a yard sale and gave it to me.