Admiral 20B1 Combo restoration

[SwizzyMan]

Well I finally found another project to keep me busy... I picked up a Beautiful Admiral 20B1 combo radio,phonograph,and television! Found this awesome set hidden behind some furniture and phonographs in an antique store in Daytona Beach where I was spending my Labor Day weekend. I am a frequent visitor to this antique store whenever I go over to Daytona (which I frequently do) and was surprised I found this set hidden in a corner. I was also sort of mad at myself for walking by this set multiple times and not noticing it. With a price tag of $125 I decided it was worth the risk. The owner of the store said she had turned the set on and it started smoking. That almost scared me away, but once I saw that everything was there and the cabinet was in decent shape I decided why not. Brought it back to the house and did an inspection. Very dusty! I found 5 or 6 tubes tested borderline weak and some tested almost dead. The picture tube is very weak with the needle barely making it out of the bad zone and into the beginning of the question mark area. Might have to pick up a new 12LP4 or 12KP4 if anyone has one. I plan to do a full recap of the paper and electrolytics in the television and power supply chassis. I will try to preserve the looks of the original wax and electrolytics by restuffing them as I go. I noticed that the 3k sand resistor connecting to the focus control pot was losing its sand coating and the resistance wire was broken in places. That resistor tested completely open. Also the 40/40 main filter cap on the power supply chassis has bulged and spilled its guts everywhere. Yuck! I sure do hope no real damage was done to my power transformer or anything for that matter. I have no idea what the condition of the radio or the phonograph is. Will tackle that after the TV portion is restored. Hopefully this set will be an easier one to restore than the CTC-7! Also please know I did NOT turn this set on!