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Mar 31, 2020 19:35:40 GMT
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So what is happening with the radio you started rebuilding about 30 pages ago? It's right here. It got put on hold because I need to dump about $100 into it. I've another radio on the bench that I need to finish first. I got going with them then they got placed on indefinite pause. I do have a circuit board for it coming (in the next month hopefully, on the slow boat + quarantine from China) so I'll try make some progress with that once it arrives. This one has just gone back on the move; recently retrofitted a 4-pin socket for the vibrator, which had been replaced with a solid state version for reliability but that operates at 400Hz rather than 70Hz so the HT damping capacitor needed to be changed in value to accommodate that (on order, missing from the spring clip bottom right) because it makes the speaker hum between stations. Phil
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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2020 19:58:25 GMT by PhilA
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Incidentally, the Bluetooth module arrived today. Playing about with and testing begins. Phil
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glenanderson
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1951 Pontiac Chieftainglenanderson
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Cool.
I have an elderly Ferranti transistor radio that I have been intending to gut and replace the innards with those from a cheap Bluetooth speaker. Be really interested in seeing an alternative way around doing it.
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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Test using it the bench radio (1932 Zenith) that I'm just getting back to finishing rebuilding.
Success! (Does require 12v power source for the board to work so battery operated is pushing it a little).
Phil
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glenanderson
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1951 Pontiac Chieftainglenanderson
@glenanderson
Club Retro Rides Member 64
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So, does that Bluetooth module interrupt the radio input to the amp?
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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So, does that Bluetooth module interrupt the radio input to the amp? It does. There's a little relay on the board that disconnects the radio input and selects the Bluetooth when it's connected. Fully automatic. I unwired and then connected the input to the volume pot to the Bluetooth board; output connects to the volume pot. Powered off the BT board is in bypass mode and the radio still works. I wanted to have the AM radio do all the AM radio things it did from the factory but have the option of a wireless audio in for when there's nothing worth listening to on AM. Phil
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Last Edit: Apr 1, 2020 22:42:37 GMT by PhilA
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excellent choice of sample music Phil. and great idea .
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The roof has some really bad lacquer leprosy. I tried to have a go at the edges on this side (the worst side). Tried to blend the edges with my DA, which isn't easy because the clear is thick and the color thin. Well, that looks pretty crappy. Unfortunately there will be a color difference on this side, the paint faded (think the car was parked one way round for a long while). Wiped down and laid an experimental coat of clear on the boundary. Shall wait for that to dry and try flatting it back and see how horrible it looks. Really the only genuine rescue for this will be to take it all back and put new color on. For now, just trying to make it look a little better. Phil
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Phil - There are no end of owners out there that would kill for that very original patina on the roof of your Chieftain rather than the miserable fake attempt that they display on there own motors
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Last Edit: Apr 5, 2020 5:53:25 GMT by Deleted
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Impressive progress Phil.
Love these technology blends.
Keep at it all.
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Last Edit: Apr 6, 2020 7:15:04 GMT by grizz
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Phil - There are no end of owners out there that would kill for that very original patina on the roof of your Chieftain rather than the miserable fake attempt that they display on there own motors All they have to do then is bring the car here and leave it outside for about 15 years. Presto, immediate patina. I just think it looks horrible Phil
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Impressive progress Phil. Love these echnology blends. Keep at it all. This has led me to fall out with the guys over at the HAMB, on a safety related topic.
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Impressive progress Phil. Love these technology blends. Keep at it all. This has led me to fall out with the guys over at the HAMB, on a safety related topic. I left a long time ago. They were not aligned to my thinking. Left them to their own devices and insular outlook.
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Needs more wet flatting but that's so-so reasonable right now. Phil
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Makes me feel guilty about my roof now!
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A perfectly stropped, utterly sharp blade can be used in a situation like this to remove clear coat.
Next up, wet flatting and polish.
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Wish i'd watched that with the volume down....eeeeek!!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Seeing as we started with a map of the Turks and Caicos yes Given a wet wipe over it looks a little better. Phil
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I need a mechanical polishing machine. Doing this by hand is tiring work. Phil
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