I have around 15 German radios and they all work fine except for the last one I bought that needs some tubes. I have one Nordmende that a guy was desperate to fix himself and at one point started cutting wires. I replaced the too short cut wires and replaced the rectifiers and had a good working radio. I collect these for the good sound quality and electrostatic tweeters.
I did some cleaning of pots and switches on my old Technics SE-A5 and SU-A6 in 2020 with the Deoxit D5. They did performed beautifully after that. Packed them up the other day and the pots and switches cracked just the same again. Now I'm in doubt about that product. Else, I found some cold solder joints on them although its been in a controlled storage. There are some articles on the net that solder is making microscopic strands by itself. I guess vintage stuff is indeed a living organism. For me it sounds like fake news, but who knows. In Sweden when I worked at Grundig we did some extensive maintenance of the Satellite 2100's. Ripped out all switch plungers and cleaned them. Then we used vaseline on the contacts. Newer Satellites was not nearly as good as the old ones. Old memories of SSB and USB listenings on the shortwave bands.
Ive always liked grundig radios, well made and decent engineering. If in a nice condition, it would of been worth a bit more love. ive rewound transformers and made things run again but it was just a hobby for me. For you its an income, you cant waste your time.
Well that's just it if someone brought me a radio and they said I want this thing fixed I don't care how long it takes or how much it costs then it's worth more of an effort to try to source a transformer. But this unit was not in great shape the guy got it for next to nothing and it's already been hacked. when I start seeing parts just hanging and free space that have been added and wires cut and taped together I get nervous as to what other surprises might be inside. I've seen too many where someone's trying to fix something and they've done more damage and I waste a lot of time only to find that it's beyond repair. the guy that owned this one expected that it could be fixed for less than a hundred bucks well once you start changing transformers your many times that cost. I did a big domestic radio a few years ago that needed an output transformer and we were able to source or transformer but by the time the transformer arrived we were up to close to $300. The owner grumbled and complained about how much it cost for basically an AM radio. Turned out that a little transformer that was actually made in Canada but sold through an American company basically went through customs twice and should have been available for about $30 but ended up costing over $150 by the time it was shipped back to Canada for one little small transformer
@@12voltvids Ive had my share of peoples screwups, i do know how you feel. Thankfully most of the bad screwups were on sideband c.b radios, i knew a lot about those types of radios. When you are immersed in it all the time it's simple enough, but now 30+ years later i may have to look up the schematic of the synth section and oddball setups. Radio ham radios were different, but they had similar mixing and an i.f strip. So not outside my understanding. And i mentally paralleled common a.m radios with there i.f. not far away from a c.b radio receive. Sorry long waffle.
So there was placed a fuse suitable for a TV with a degausse coil T 4A.. T stands for time delay, so the instant power on could be as much as 10A.. ..in a TV..
@@12voltvids Yeah, hopefully the customer/client won't say, but it worked/lighted up before I had you look at it ! Had that happen to me over a year ago with a guitar amp, shop asked me to come check it out for a musician client of theirs, my mistake was not plugging it in at the music shop before I brought it back to my garage shop!, of course there was a bag of parts that had been replaced in the past, and when I plugged the amp in it tripped the circuit breaker, quickly built a dim bulb tester, reset breaker and tried again, bulb lit up really bright, suffice to say music shop thought I had done something wrong, but I didn't back down, told them that too many other people had probably worked on the unit, gave it back with everything it came to me with, didn't charge for troubleshooting!!, anyway, thanks for reading my story, and thanks for your videos!
@@12voltvids well ! It looks like your client is s.o.l., hopefully he didn't pay a lot for it !, same with the console stereo units !, and it looks like someone tried to glue/epoxy that tuning shaft assembly/flywheel before as well !
Such a shame. Both could be nice radios. I did a Grundig late last year and someone had put a tap washer in the clutch mechanism! and as you said it took a long time to fix. Ended up a nice radio though so it was worth the effort.
The 50s German made valve radios like Telefunken, Blaupunkt, and Grundig, had rather complex tuners in them. But at least they din't uses those awful "bumblebee" and "black beauty" paper caps in them, unlike American radios of the same period.
About the only bad things they used was selenium rectifiers. I have a Normandy myself. Some day I will dig it out. The wife has been on me for 5 years to restore it because it was her parents. It's beautiful. Has always been covered so shouldn't have a scratch on it. Would be early 60s. Stereo set, bit I don't know if it has the mpx decided or not. Been so long since i heard it play. Used to listen to it at her folks place back when she lived at home. Been with her for 40 years and haven't heard this ole stereo for 36 since she moved in.
I can relate. Of all my tube radios, only the german ones failed on me. I had a schaub lorenz exploding on me. A Blaupunkt that i still haven't analyzed the problem. Might be a bad capacitor that overloaded a tube most likely. Then i got two transistorized grundigs, the fancy top of the line rcp600tp doesn't even power on and my satellit 5001 was super easy to write off although it sounds amazing. So hard to tear apart just for an AM string and a belt that moves a numbered drum sepparated from the selector on the shortwave bands. I'll keep my zenith transoceanic any day, thanks By the way, couldn't that clutch be fixed with a zip tie to hold it in? It might be worth giving a try
I have 50 years old transistor shortwave multi band that the dial was shot and it may be not working. The radio is in good shape but it needs to be fixed, are you interested to fix this old radioM
Maybe you could try to transfer the power transformer from the Grundig into the Telefunken. Provided of course that the secundairy voltages and current ratings roughly match. That should make for an interesting video!
Certainly worth a try, there is a good chance the transformer would be a good match for the shorted one. I would not attempt to mess with the pot metal tuning mech, ask me how I know!
I sent them back. I don't have the room for them. I do have a big console to work on when i can make the space to bring it in or pull the chassis. This came from the guy i have the silvertone to. It was his turntable and sub woofer I fixed yesterday as well. I was expecting 1 set and he brought over 3 consoles one missing a bunch of parts. Don't know if the transformers are compatable. I really don't like getting into things that others have "butchered" as I don't know what someone else has done. They are bed enough stock, these German radios never mind having to deal with hack job repairs.
Yes because you know more speakers make better sound right. That's why new cars come with 18 or 24 speaker sound systems. Today i heard what might be the best sounding receiver i have heard. Moon audio. Made in Canada. They are a few bucks. The owner said it was 5000 but worth every penny. Put on internet radio and it was like wow. My crest amp might sound better but this was impressive. Makes all those old sansui receivers sound like total garbage.
I was thinking the same. It won't have the slip that the clutch does though and turning the dial past the end of the dial or spinning it fast so it hits the end could result in a snapped dual cord. It's already been picked up. Owner can try that but even to glue it requires chassis removal to get to it where it is located.
I have around 15 German radios and they all work fine except for the last one I bought that needs some tubes. I have one Nordmende that a guy was desperate to fix himself and at one point started cutting wires. I replaced the too short cut wires and replaced the rectifiers and had a good working radio. I collect these for the good sound quality and electrostatic tweeters.
I have 1 Normandy. Have to get around to servicing it soon.
I did some cleaning of pots and switches on my old Technics SE-A5 and SU-A6 in 2020 with the Deoxit D5. They did performed beautifully after that. Packed them up the other day and the pots and switches cracked just the same again. Now I'm in doubt about that product. Else, I found some cold solder joints on them although its been in a controlled storage. There are some articles on the net that solder is making microscopic strands by itself. I guess vintage stuff is indeed a living organism. For me it sounds like fake news, but who knows.
In Sweden when I worked at Grundig we did some extensive maintenance of the Satellite 2100's. Ripped out all switch plungers and cleaned them. Then we used vaseline on the contacts. Newer Satellites was not nearly as good as the old ones. Old memories of SSB and USB listenings on the shortwave bands.
Ive always liked grundig radios, well made and decent engineering.
If in a nice condition, it would of been worth a bit more love.
ive rewound transformers and made things run again but it was just a hobby for me.
For you its an income, you cant waste your time.
Well that's just it if someone brought me a radio and they said I want this thing fixed I don't care how long it takes or how much it costs then it's worth more of an effort to try to source a transformer. But this unit was not in great shape the guy got it for next to nothing and it's already been hacked. when I start seeing parts just hanging and free space that have been added and wires cut and taped together I get nervous as to what other surprises might be inside. I've seen too many where someone's trying to fix something and they've done more damage and I waste a lot of time only to find that it's beyond repair. the guy that owned this one expected that it could be fixed for less than a hundred bucks well once you start changing transformers your many times that cost. I did a big domestic radio a few years ago that needed an output transformer and we were able to source or transformer but by the time the transformer arrived we were up to close to $300. The owner grumbled and complained about how much it cost for basically an AM radio. Turned out that a little transformer that was actually made in Canada but sold through an American company basically went through customs twice and should have been available for about $30 but ended up costing over $150 by the time it was shipped back to Canada for one little small transformer
@@12voltvids Ive had my share of peoples screwups, i do know how you feel.
Thankfully most of the bad screwups were on sideband c.b radios, i knew a lot about those types of radios.
When you are immersed in it all the time it's simple enough, but now 30+ years later i may have to look up the schematic of the synth section and oddball setups.
Radio ham radios were different, but they had similar mixing and an i.f strip.
So not outside my understanding.
And i mentally paralleled common a.m radios with there i.f.
not far away from a c.b radio receive.
Sorry long waffle.
So there was placed a fuse suitable for a TV with a degausse coil T 4A.. T stands for time delay, so the instant power on could be as much as 10A.. ..in a TV..
Yes slo-blo. Not good for vintage radio.
Super glue that crack. Mic it up , make an aluminum wheel. If they pay , you can make it play.
No money in this. It will probably be converted into a book case.
Love the vintage radio's
Hi Dave, what fun !, looks like someone tried to modified the radio to work on 120 volts, instead of 210/220 volts !!
Don't know history but i quickly wash my hands on modified equipment because I don't know what damage they have caused.
@@12voltvids Yeah, hopefully the customer/client won't say, but it worked/lighted up before I had you look at it ! Had that happen to me over a year ago with a guitar amp, shop asked me to come check it out for a musician client of theirs, my mistake was not plugging it in at the music shop before I brought it back to my garage shop!, of course there was a bag of parts that had been replaced in the past, and when I plugged the amp in it tripped the circuit breaker, quickly built a dim bulb tester, reset breaker and tried again, bulb lit up really bright, suffice to say music shop thought I had done something wrong, but I didn't back down, told them that too many other people had probably worked on the unit, gave it back with everything it came to me with, didn't charge for troubleshooting!!, anyway, thanks for reading my story, and thanks for your videos!
He just bought it. Broken.
@@12voltvids well ! It looks like your client is s.o.l., hopefully he didn't pay a lot for it !, same with the console stereo units !, and it looks like someone tried to glue/epoxy that tuning shaft assembly/flywheel before as well !
Such a shame. Both could be nice radios. I did a Grundig late last year and someone had put a tap washer in the clutch mechanism! and as you said it took a long time to fix. Ended up a nice radio though so it was worth the effort.
Thing is the owner didn't pay much for it and doesn't want to put a few hundred into it.
The 50s German made valve radios like Telefunken, Blaupunkt, and Grundig, had rather complex tuners in them. But at least they din't uses those awful "bumblebee" and "black beauty" paper caps in them, unlike American radios of the same period.
About the only bad things they used was selenium rectifiers. I have a Normandy myself. Some day I will dig it out. The wife has been on me for 5 years to restore it because it was her parents. It's beautiful. Has always been covered so shouldn't have a scratch on it. Would be early 60s. Stereo set, bit I don't know if it has the mpx decided or not. Been so long since i heard it play. Used to listen to it at her folks place back when she lived at home. Been with her for 40 years and haven't heard this ole stereo for 36 since she moved in.
I can relate. Of all my tube radios, only the german ones failed on me. I had a schaub lorenz exploding on me. A Blaupunkt that i still haven't analyzed the problem. Might be a bad capacitor that overloaded a tube most likely. Then i got two transistorized grundigs, the fancy top of the line rcp600tp doesn't even power on and my satellit 5001 was super easy to write off although it sounds amazing. So hard to tear apart just for an AM string and a belt that moves a numbered drum sepparated from the selector on the shortwave bands. I'll keep my zenith transoceanic any day, thanks
By the way, couldn't that clutch be fixed with a zip tie to hold it in? It might be worth giving a try
It needs that screw to clamp down on the shaft.
I have 50 years old transistor shortwave multi band that the dial was shot and it may be not working. The radio is in good shape but it needs to be fixed, are you interested to fix this old radioM
Beware of leaky coupling capacitors!
3D Printing ! 😀
(no offence Dave, u still doing great)
Maybe you could try to transfer the power transformer from the Grundig into the Telefunken. Provided of course that the secundairy voltages and current ratings roughly match. That should make for an interesting video!
Certainly worth a try, there is a good chance the transformer would be a good match for the shorted one. I would not attempt to mess with the pot metal tuning mech, ask me how I know!
I sent them back. I don't have the room for them. I do have a big console to work on when i can make the space to bring it in or pull the chassis. This came from the guy i have the silvertone to. It was his turntable and sub woofer I fixed yesterday as well. I was expecting 1 set and he brought over 3 consoles one missing a bunch of parts. Don't know if the transformers are compatable. I really don't like getting into things that others have "butchered" as I don't know what someone else has done. They are bed enough stock, these German radios never mind having to deal with hack job repairs.
That, and the fact that schematics are hard to find (and in German when you do find them) is the reason I don't like Grundigs!
all those speakers, for mono sound
Yes because you know more speakers make better sound right. That's why new cars come with 18 or 24 speaker sound systems.
Today i heard what might be the best sounding receiver i have heard. Moon audio. Made in Canada. They are a few bucks. The owner said it was 5000 but worth every penny. Put on internet radio and it was like wow. My crest amp might sound better but this was impressive. Makes all those old sansui receivers sound like total garbage.
@@12voltvids hehehe
jb weld the dial ?
I was thinking the same. It won't have the slip that the clutch does though and turning the dial past the end of the dial or spinning it fast so it hits the end could result in a snapped dual cord. It's already been picked up. Owner can try that but even to glue it requires chassis removal to get to it where it is located.
Ahhhh german tech!!