1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back.
The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. NOTE: Do not try this with dishwashers that have exposed heating/drying elements. They get too hot in some cases. Applied power and got hiss. Check the 4-section cap, ESR was good, but by resistance, two of the internal sections were shorted such that capacitance was high, but they were, effectively, the same cap. I replaced the entirety with new caps rated slightly higher in capacitance, twice the voltage. Applied power into a very inefficient speakers and got HUMMM - under a fluorescent shop light. Installed an antenna - got reception across the band. This is the 6th bit of electronics I have put through the dishwasher. Two Zenith TransOceanics, one Dynaco FM5 tuner, one Dynaco PAT4 pre-amp and one other US tuner. Haven't lost a patient yet. Don't be afraid to take heroic measures if the alternative is landfill. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 8:46:24 AM UTC-5, wrote:
This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. NOTE: Do not try this with dishwashers that have exposed heating/drying elements. They get too hot in some cases. Applied power and got hiss. Check the 4-section cap, ESR was good, but by resistance, two of the internal sections were shorted such that capacitance was high, but they were, effectively, the same cap. I replaced the entirety with new caps rated slightly higher in capacitance, twice the voltage. Applied power into a very inefficient speakers and got HUMMM - under a fluorescent shop light. Installed an antenna - got reception across the band. This is the 6th bit of electronics I have put through the dishwasher. Two Zenith TransOceanics, one Dynaco FM5 tuner, one Dynaco PAT4 pre-amp and one other US tuner. Haven't lost a patient yet. Don't be afraid to take heroic measures if the alternative is landfill. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA And here I thought that dishwashers were made for steaming fish.. Did you use standard dishwasher detergent or something else? |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
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1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, John-Del wrote:
And here I thought that dishwashers were made for steaming fish.. Not so much on a Bosch. There is no exposed heating element, so the water never gets to more than 180F, and then only during the actual washing cycle. The drying cycle uses residual heat and fan-forced air. So, the water is heated directly, not the entire inside of the dishwasher, and there is nothing other than the fan blowing during the drying cycle. Did you use standard dishwasher detergent or something else? Standard high-phosphorus/bleach detergent, yes. We are on a municipal sewer system, so I do not worry about phosphorus discharge. Normally (and this is normal?) I use no detergent at all. But this unit was beyond merely filthy - the heat-sink fins were indistinguishable, that bad. My wife is not at all squeamish about this sort of thing, I have cleaned/restored stuff for her that she thought was entirely unsalvageable. The dishwasher has a stainless steel inside, the oven is actually self-cleaning, and there were no untoward smells. She sees it as another demonstration that I am 'handy' to have around. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On 11/03/16 09:37, Ian Field wrote:
wrote in message ... This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. What's that in Centigrade - apparently germanium transistors brew up somewhere around water boiling point. Boiling point is 220F. Nice story :) |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On 11/03/16 05:38, Clifford Heath wrote:
On 11/03/16 09:37, Ian Field wrote: wrote in message ... This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. What's that in Centigrade - apparently germanium transistors brew up somewhere around water boiling point. Boiling point is 220F. Sorry, that was a typo. At least know I was *thinking* 212... as the engineer arrived to certify our new footings.. |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
"John-Del" wrote in message ... On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 8:46:24 AM UTC-5, wrote: This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. NOTE: Do not try this with dishwashers that have exposed heating/drying elements. They get too hot in some cases. Applied power and got hiss. Check the 4-section cap, ESR was good, but by resistance, two of the internal sections were shorted such that capacitance was high, but they were, effectively, the same cap. I replaced the entirety with new caps rated slightly higher in capacitance, twice the voltage. Applied power into a very inefficient speakers and got HUMMM - under a fluorescent shop light. Installed an antenna - got reception across the band. This is the 6th bit of electronics I have put through the dishwasher. Two Zenith TransOceanics, one Dynaco FM5 tuner, one Dynaco PAT4 pre-amp and one other US tuner. Haven't lost a patient yet. Don't be afraid to take heroic measures if the alternative is landfill. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA And here I thought that dishwashers were made for steaming fish.. Apparently you can cook fish fingers in the toaster. |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
wrote in message ... This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. What's that in Centigrade - apparently germanium transistors brew up somewhere around water boiling point. |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On 03/10/2016 01:38 PM, Clifford Heath wrote:
On 11/03/16 09:37, Ian Field wrote: wrote in message ... This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. What's that in Centigrade - apparently germanium transistors brew up somewhere around water boiling point. Boiling point is 220F. Nice story :) Where do you live, the bottom of a lake? 212F at 1 bar! Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
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1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 5:37:29 PM UTC-5, Ian Field wrote:
What's that in Centigrade - apparently germanium transistors brew up somewhere around water boiling point. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...20to%20celsius 175F = 79.444C 180F = 82.222C Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 8:46:24 AM UTC-5, wrote:
This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. NOTE: Do not try this with dishwashers that have exposed heating/drying elements. They get too hot in some cases. Applied power and got hiss. Check the 4-section cap, ESR was good, but by resistance, two of the internal sections were shorted such that capacitance was high, but they were, effectively, the same cap. I replaced the entirety with new caps rated slightly higher in capacitance, twice the voltage. Applied power into a very inefficient speakers and got HUMMM - under a fluorescent shop light. Installed an antenna - got reception across the band. This is the 6th bit of electronics I have put through the dishwasher. Two Zenith TransOceanics, one Dynaco FM5 tuner, one Dynaco PAT4 pre-amp and one other US tuner. Haven't lost a patient yet. Don't be afraid to take heroic measures if the alternative is landfill. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA Fish fingers must be very small. Do you eat them by the gross or the ounce? Lenny |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
Had some boards at work with 'lytic caps leaking acid. SWMBO said no way bringing them home. Company bought a dishwasher explicitly for electronics cleaning and it works very well. I use a small amount of detergent, no active drying in the dishwasher but we also have a commercial food dehydrator for 'baking' tapes. 17 hours at 125F makes the boards look and work like new again. G² |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
wrote in message ... Had some boards at work with 'lytic caps leaking acid. SWMBO said no way bringing them home. Company bought a dishwasher explicitly for electronics cleaning and it works very well. I use a small amount of detergent, no active drying in the dishwasher but we also have a commercial food dehydrator for 'baking' tapes. 17 hours at 125F makes the boards look and work like new again. Boards have had water soluble flux since they banned the solvents to protect the ozone layer. AFAIK: all PCBs are cleaned in water nowadays. |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 8:46:24 AM UTC-5, wrote:
This might be of interest to some. My neighbor down the block is restoring a 1969 GM pick-up truck, and brought me the vintage radio from it to see if I could do anything with it. He had *NO* interest in converting to FM, much less stereo, all he wanted was to get the AM back. The radio looked like it had been ridden hard and put away wet each and every day since 1969, fully encrusted with filth, grease, what looked like melted sugar, plastic and more. To the point where the tuning knob was locked, as were the preset buttons. This is a solid-state radio, not tube, of course. I took the attitude of kill or cure, so after partial dis-assembly, removing the top and knobs, I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher (Bosch) and ran it through a full scrub cycle (alone), then dried it in the oven for 2 hours at 175F. It came out sparkling clean, and with (thankfully) the back-painted numbers on the dial intact. NOTE: Do not try this with dishwashers that have exposed heating/drying elements. They get too hot in some cases. Applied power and got hiss. Check the 4-section cap, ESR was good, but by resistance, two of the internal sections were shorted such that capacitance was high, but they were, effectively, the same cap. I replaced the entirety with new caps rated slightly higher in capacitance, twice the voltage. Applied power into a very inefficient speakers and got HUMMM - under a fluorescent shop light. Installed an antenna - got reception across the band. This is the 6th bit of electronics I have put through the dishwasher. Two Zenith TransOceanics, one Dynaco FM5 tuner, one Dynaco PAT4 pre-amp and one other US tuner. Haven't lost a patient yet. Don't be afraid to take heroic measures if the alternative is landfill. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA? I have alot of music on reel to reel. some of the oxide comes off of some of these. I know that their days are numbered. Can I save them? thanks Lenny What' the deal on baking tapess |
1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
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1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
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1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
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1969 Delco Car Radio Saga
I have alot of music on reel to reel. some of the oxide comes off of some of
these. I know that their days are numbered. Can I save them? thanks Lenny What' the deal on baking tapess Not nice to hijack a thread. Youre likely to get a greater response if you dont Reply to an existing message. Create a New message and add your own Subject. |
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