Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!

Posted by Jim McDermaid On 2015/1/6 18:51:35

You will need some kind of antenna to get anything.

If the Vibrator is a 4 pin style (can looking thing that plugs in) you will want to replace it with a new solid state unit for the proper poliarity (+ ground). (Antique Electronic Supply in Tempe AZ). If there is an 0Z4 rectifier tube in this radio replace that as well.

Radios of this era will generally need the small paper capacitors replaced and often the Electrolytics. As the hard part is getting the radio out of the dash I do everything while it is out.

I have found the rubber clutch that allows the tuner to skip ahead when youi push a button can become dry and gummy. Most parts of the tuner run without lube to keep from collecting dust. Don't use WD-40 on anything...

I spent some time restoring the wondrebar tuned radio in my 54 and now there is no listenable AM in Phoenix AZ.

Jim