RCA VJT46S Restoration
RCA VJT46S Restoration
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Re: RCA VJT46S Restoration
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Re: RCA VJT46S Restoration
Your record changer is probably suffering from hardened grease and congealed oil in various moving parts. The cure is disassembly, solvent, and new grease and oil. There is much gnashing of teeth over that, but generally if you take it apart carefully it's just time consuming. With modern digital photography you can record each step so when you go to reverse the process you will not have to rely on memory of what went where. The motor bearings probably need oil.
As to radio performance, before diagnosing electronic maladies, try using some good contact cleaner (DeOxit) on the selector switch contacts. Sometimes just working the switch back & forth can bring things to life.
Mot older electronic devices benefit from replacement of the electrolytic filter capacitors, which can fail with increasing age. There are stories of them lasting 80 years without replacement, but the stories of them shorting out and ruining expensive power transformers are more common. They are inexpensive, easy (usually) to replace, and frequently result in better performance.
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As to radio performance, before diagnosing electronic maladies, try using some good contact cleaner (DeOxit) on the selector switch contacts. Sometimes just working the switch back & forth can bring things to life.
Mot older electronic devices benefit from replacement of the electrolytic filter capacitors, which can fail with increasing age. There are stories of them lasting 80 years without replacement, but the stories of them shorting out and ruining expensive power transformers are more common. They are inexpensive, easy (usually) to replace, and frequently result in better performance.
Chris Campbell
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