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polaraman · #46 11-07-2004, 08:05 PM

The sound is awesome!!!!

I played a record and it really sounded awesome. I dug out all my Christmas records for the coming season. I have one 8 track tape. The Six wives of Henry the VIII by Rick Wakeman. Would love to find that on CD. The radio works on all functions.

polaraman

***Eric H*** · #47 11-07-2004, 08:49 PM

How is the cabinet on this thing?
In the eBay pics it looked like it might be a little rough but your pics seem to show a really nice cab?

So cool that it actually works (mostly)

The wheels are a good idea, now what engine are you planning to use, 318, 440...

Sandy G · #48 11-07-2004, 08:52 PM

Hell, that sucka needs that 8 liter V-10 outta the Viper....the 6.8 V-10 outta my Excursion prolly wouldn't haul it !!!-Sandy G.

polaraman · #49 11-07-2004, 09:38 PM

I was actually thinking of contacting Monster Garage. I would let Jesse James monster this thing out. The engine would have to be wide enough to have the valve covers sticking out each side.

The cabinet is pretty nice from 10 feet. It has some water damage on top and a few nicks.

polaraman

polaraman · #50 11-12-2004, 06:15 PM

Got into the beast yesterday.

Found one bad tube in the phono cahssis. It was easy to spot because it was cracked and white. I was lucky and had a replacement.

The Tv chassis has a bad 6JU8. I had to order one. It will be here next week. The CRT tests perfect. Once I get that tube I can really go to town.

polaraman

Charlie · #51 11-12-2004, 06:53 PM

Sounds like a well spent 50 bucks! The picture toob by itself is worth more than that!

polaraman · #52 11-12-2004, 08:11 PM

It was well worth the $50. It will be the center of my vintage color section. A local Tv friend is going to come over next week to help me set the color. I am not really up on setting the stuff on the neck. He is going to show me.

polaraman

polaraman · #53 10-22-2006, 04:33 PM

After seeing drh4683 work on the RCA combo, I decided to start restoration on this monster. I took the set apart for my move in January. Today, I removed the C20 chassis to put it on the bench. Next, I removed the radio chassis. Then I installed the CRT back in place. I took it out because I was afraid the movers would bust the CRT neck. The CRT has a rebuild date of 1980. Got the SAMS and will place the order for the needed CAPS next week. (payday) I had to label all the cables for replacement later. This is going to be fun!!!

The Craig 8 track was toast. I may attempt to find a working 8 track to replace it.

The record player/changer works like it should. It will sound much better when all the caps get replaced. I may also send the cartridge to West-Tech to be rebuilt.

polaraman

Adam · #54 10-22-2006, 06:28 PM

I like that set,

that's the first time I've seen a C/M roundie. Is that chassis their own design, or is it like my Philco where they more or less just used an RCA chassis with their own tuner and all their own radio/amp/phono stuff. It looks alot like my ctc-15, but not exactly.
About the 8-track, I just hooked an 8-track into my RCA ctc-15 combo, and it sounds great, much better than through the junker late model receiver I had it hooked to before.

polaraman · #55 10-22-2006, 06:30 PM

Question?

Three capacitors in the radio chassis. The caps look like electrolytics but are not electrolytics.

.047 @ 600v oil
.022 @ 600v oil

Where should I use to replace the above caps?

Adam, I believe it is an RCA clone chassis. A few of us have CM roundies. Charlie has a nice CM here: http://www.ct-tv.50megs.com/

polaraman

Bobby Brady · #56 10-22-2006, 07:13 PM

Is it a remote and if so could we see a pic of the remote?

polaraman · #57 10-22-2006, 07:17 PM

It has everything but remote control. It would really be the cats a** if it was a remote control set.

polaraman

polaraman · #58 10-22-2006, 09:28 PM

The TV chassis is on my RCA test jig. Looks like a vertical problem to me!!! Pretty good lollipop color.

polaraman

polaraman · #59 10-22-2006, 10:36 PM

Got it! I got the SAMS (831-2) out and did some control/alignment adjustments. Got a great full color picture on the screen of my test jig. Now if I can just repeat this while in the set.

2ND shot is the chassis hooked to the test jig. This thing is really nice.

polaraman

Jeffhs · #60 10-22-2006, 11:31 PM

What happened to the 8-track player? You said it was "toast", which I think means it's a total loss (I'm not up on a lot of the new slang in use these days). I'm thinking the player has a blue million things wrong with it, like a burned-out motor, mangled transport mechanism, damaged or destroyed preamp/amp circuits . . . man, that player must be a mess.

Good luck finding another 8-track. These players were popular in the mid-'60s through the mid-'80s in cars, and appeared in TVs and home stereo systems through the '70s; the last time I saw one was in 1972, in my then-stepmother's car. (I also owned a Zenith 4-mode stereo system in the early 1980s, which also had a 8-track player/recorder deck.) I don't know if you'll be able to find standalone 8-track players anywhere anymore; your best bet may be to try and find one from a junked Zenith or other 1970s-vintage entertainment center and mount it in a base. The Craig 8-track player which was originally with that console of yours, IIRC, was probably an aftermarket add-on.