This is my radiogram, great to have it fixed! After it worked for a few days in David's workshop I got a bit worried that there wouldn't be anything to repair, but then he messaged me that he'd solved it. Enjoying my records again! What he is not showing in the video, is he has done some cosmetic work, replacing parts that don't need replacing, it has been a full restoration!
This is the kindness we need in everyday society. To see people help each other and use their unique skills in tandem is heartwarming. Good work, both of you.
Another job well done, David. Always a pleasure to watch you do your (patient) magic. Even the Neolithic Monster Soldering Iron came in action. Thank you for the efforts!
David, your videos NEVER go longer than they should have, but that's just my opinion. I never tire of watching them. Another great job of troubleshooting and repairing issues.
Hi Dave, welcome back! Another great repair, I see that people look you up for those difficult repairs now. There's nothing wrong with being a repair star :) I hope you are feeling well and have recovered from treatment.
I like that you made a point about the idler diameter making no difference to the speed beyond, as you also mentioned, the ability to make contact with both driving surfaces. It's surprising how persistent that misinformation is.
I'm always amazed at how hard the mechanism drops the tone arm onto the record. The stylus cartridge must take quite a beating. Don't worry about the video being long. Can always pause it and get up for a cuppa and a piece of cake. BTW, recently the digital display in my very old clock radio went strange and appeared to be showing a code. I figured clock radios of that vintage wouldn't be designed show a code. Anyway, looked inside and found a large electrolytic nearby the the main clock chip. Watching your videos led me to deciding to check all the electros. (the clock radio is about 40 years old) So I checked the large cap near the driver chip and it was a dead short. I replaced it and the display worked fine again. So I decided to change all the caps. Thanks for the inspiration. I love the old clock radio, it was a gift from someone special.
Hi Ellesmere, it's pretty rough treatment all round with these old players. That's great to hear you had a go at your clock. Capacitors are the first to go and you get to keep your special clock a bit longer, well done 👍🙂.
Speaking of this, when I was about three, we had a DVD player. It died eventually and the final words on its vfd display were “TOOT”. It was my introduction to electronics, because rather than throw it away, my dad let me take it apart. I remember the green boards with little caps and chips dotted about, and the big mechanism that handled the discs.
So who's a clever boy then! Well done David. None of your videos are too long. As always I love watching your work and listening to your mumbling comments. Blessings to you and your wife.😉
Hi Kenneth, thanks, I worry people will find them too long, we are an impatient lot these days, thanks for the feedback. Thank you, all the best to you 🙂
Greeting Sir David. Another fine investigation! You could bump many TV series to a non prime spot with your work! Very entertaining and instructional for me! Thank You!
@@DavidTipton101 BSR, Garrard and even Philips (which are generally said to be a bit tricky) are straightforward enough if you're methodical. Collaro decks can be a baffling ordeal! Dual and Perpetuum-Ebner are ok to work on. Most Japanese decks from the 70's are easy.
This Radiogram sure did find the proper fix-it man. David your expertise is second to none. I sure do enjoy your videos. It is great to also have that dialect/accent to listen to while going about your repairs. Not to mention your excellent video creation and editing talents. Well done (again)
Hi David. There is nothing better than sitting on the settee with a mug of tea, and a Daves radio adventure. Some of those old Philips turntables could be very fiddly and frustrating. Great result with the radio section. Again superb stuff and I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Cheers Chris.
That's some world class muddling there Dave! I was trying to think of a word which is the opposite of muddle but it's too early and my brain is definitely still muddling.
Hi David, Always makes me smile when I see 45's from that side of the pond. Here the hole in the middle is almost 1.5 inches (38 mm). Must be nice not to need a special adaptor to play them. Always gives me anxiety when I have to unclip 50 year old plastic covers. Was so happy to see nothing broke. ( Bet you felt that way also ) Idler wheels are a pain. There are places that will rebuild them, for 75 yankee bucks. Crazy expensive. As for the length of the video, seemed to be over in 15 minutes. Always a pleasure to watch.
Hi Vern, I never understood why there were two hole sizes, our earlier 45s had a knock-out centre to make them the larger size. I agree with the old plastic, just waiting for the snap 😖 I don't think we have anyone in Oz doing idler wheel rebuilds, might be a opening there for someone. Thanks Vern 🙂
CuriousMarc talks about Apollo RF being the blackest of black arts, but I’m thinking it might be dial cords and turn tables! You never fail to impress me. Nice editing with the split screen capacitor removal. Thank you Dave for another great Friday morning video!
I love your cautious repair on the Philips record player. Like those easy to get retaining clips with the bent ends. Don't have those in the States so one must be extra careful in removing them or kiss it goodbye. I have a fresh bottle of Rubber Renue which always comes in hand with hardened rubber idler wheels. The length of the video was perfect IMHO. There are a lot of steps to show in the repair sometimes. The owner should be very pleased with your capable hands repairing it!😁 Cheers, Steve from Illinois
Hi Steve, you have been following me for quite a while, thank you for your support. I have spare clips but I still have to crawl around looking for the ones that go 'ping!' The Rubber Renew works well but I haven't tried it on a wheel that has gone hard, that will be a test. I try to keep the videos as short as possible but they still run long, as you said, there are a lot of steps, thanks Steve 🙂
Another great restoration, Dave! The owner must be happy now, the radio and the record player work perfectly well and are ready for extra 50 years of service! Cheers!
A braver man than me attempting to disassemble the tone arm. Another great repair. I noticed the sacrificial Whitney single came out to test things out. As always, really look forward to another radio adventure. Keep up the good work!
Haha... poor old Whitney get thrown in the deep end every time 😄 I have no fear dismantling things, it's getting them back together is the issue. Thanks Martin 😊
Nice job Dave, another happy customer no doubt. Well done with the tone arm too, putting it back together I mean. I'm just having a laugh to myself here imagining something went wrong. Customer returns, you say I've checked it out and couldn't find the issue, here's the box of bits, you work it out. Sorry, sometimes my sense of humour gets warped in the heat.
Thanks Graham, I thought with the tone arm I could take the circlip off and lift it out, it didn't work out that way 🙁 That would be embarrassing if I gave him back a box of bits 😄
Thanks a lot for your very nicely made videos. It's very nice also too see and hear AM radios working from an area where there is almost nothing anymore.. Greetings from Switzerland!
Hoi David, Great repair! I have been repairing & restoring old radio's for more then 40 years now. In all these years i have NEVER found a bad ( philips - mullard ) mustard cap . They are the best caps ever made! Even today you can not find a better cap. So...i never measure these because i know they are good . Sometimes you find a cracked one, very rare, but they are still ok ( If i spot the cracked ones..i replace them too ) Greetings from a fan in Belgium
Hi Dirk for Belgium, Thank you. I have had a few do bad and they seem to go intermittent or noisy, generally they are pretty good. This had a number of cracked ones, maybe because of the salt air we have here on the coast getting in and correding the foil 🙂
As far as I'm concerned you have no need to apologize for the extended length of your videos. I enjoy every thing about them including the length. I don't even notice the length really.
Well done David! Full marks for you patient work. Spent 30 years fixing this type of work and everything to do with TV repairs from 1964to appliances. I usually solve your problems as you work through the repairs. I also to build audio PA amplifiers from around 1960 to 1990. These ranged from 3 watts to 500 watts output impedance from around 20 ohms to 500 ohms.
@@DavidTipton101 The 500 watt Amplifiers used a pair of 100TH valves in Push Pull. I'm to old but I think t5hey in class B2 which was typical for the day. The 100 watt amps used to use a pair of 809 valves. I remember checking the balance simply by shorting the amplifier and going arrrr into the microphone! If both plates of the 809's went cherry red or hotter equally they were considered a match! How crude was that!!!
Well the good thing about that Radiogram is its kind of like a modular circuit board construction. But I agree intermittent problems are some of the worst to diagnose but. I knew you were up to the task David. Thanks for another great video.
Great job! Love old idler wheel decks. I used to own an old Garrard idler wheel turntable. Glad you left those beautiful mustard caps in there. I’m sure you’re aware of how desirable they are, especially when fixing vintage guitar amplifiers.
I love it when you break out the big Birko soldering iron. Such a nostalgia trip. Another great restoration of a very nice old piece of gear which deserves to be brought back. Great video.
Hi Ian, I bought the Birko in the 70s, it's a good iron. We had a Birko hot water jug at home as well, that was from the 60s, I think Mum still had it when she moved into a unit in the late 90s. Thanks Ian 🙂
I love the fact that you and I come from a mechanical background and got into radios and electronics as a hobby. I was a certified tool maker/mechanical engineer, CNC programmer for 30 years. Loved playing with electronics as a kid, have no idea why I didn’t pursue it as a career. Being a gigging guitarist for the past 43 years forced me to learn electronics out of necessity after all my old amp techs retired or passed on. Now I’m the crotchety old fart all the young players come to to get their amps and guitars fixed. As you I’m a fairly accomplished wood worker so guitar repairs are fairly easy to repair broken necks, modified bodies…….years in a machine shop kind of transfers to woodworking well. My math skills from machine work helps in this electronics game. You’re one of my favorite CZcams channels as well as Manuel. I also love Shango066 because of his humor and just the God awful rusted, rat infested, things from the desert sitting out for 40 years he gets running. His methods are quite unique to say the least but very entertaining. I love the fact he uses a guitar amp to check caps. Pretty ingenious. Keep the great videos coming David. Much respect from Upstate New York. Mike
Hi Mike, like for like it seems, I played with electronics from a young age but pursued a career in engineering, I don't play a musical instrument however. I needed something to do in retirement so fell back to electronics and I always had an interest in woodwork too. Shango is good value, he knows what he is doing and has a strong troubleshooting mind, I haven't tried his capacitor testing method. I remember he did it once with a Mrs Miller soundtrack, it didn't improve Mr Miller's voice though. Thanks Mike 🙂
And another one done and the second RF8 as well. Great job!! Those 1/2 watt resistors were always a pain and always going high, even those capacitors have stood the test of time. but after 50+ years, so built to last. Great work, as always. If i may make a surjection... i would have increased the gap between the new electrolytic filter caps and bare chassis. A bit to close for my liking, but great work still all the same. Take care !!
Thank you Stephen, it's always a relief when a radio contains Philips caps. I know the capacitor looked close in the video but the two positive tabs were well clear and it wouldn't matter if the negative touched, there was also about 5mm in vertical clearance 👍🙂
Nice job Dave. Just out of interest, what is the output of those units in Watts to the speakers? Never apologise for long videos. There the ones I love.
@@DavidTipton101 9 Watts is not too shabby. Next time I see a similar unit on the council clean up pile I will have to grab it. Would make a great little stereo amp if the rest of it is no good
The turntable repair was most informative. My Grundig Radiogram has a similar record changer and will be most helpful in servicing it . Thank you for a excellent restoration video. Mak in Rawalpindi Pakistan
I've only tried fixing an idler once but it worked a treat! My brother dragged home an early-80s Crown tabletop console stereo a few years ago and apart from missing a cartridge, the turntable made horrible grinding noises and was very slow. The idler still felt reasonably soft but definitely had a divot in it. For want of a late I chucked it into my drill and took some wet and dry 180-grit paper with a drop of water to it until the divot was gone. Reinstalled it and the turntable worked like new again! The only thing stopping me from fixing it properly is that some bloody fool tore off the wires to the cartridge and I haven't been able to find suitable connectors. I did try to raid an old VGA plug but the pins of the cartridge I've got are too thick.
Hi Ragnar8504, a bit of sandpaper works wonders but just the minimum amount off. I think I used the sockets out of some computer cabling once, I can't recall where I got them from, but I was able to release them and remove the original wire and solder in the cartridge wires. You can also get little jumper leads from electronics shops which may be small enough, something like this: www.jaycar.com.au/150mm-socket-to-socket-jumper-leads-40-piece/p/WC6026
@@DavidTipton101 Unfortunately I had the opposite problem, the pins of my cheapo ceramic cartridge (the only thing that fits this arm without any modifications) are too fat for the connectors I salvaged. I could push them onto the pins with a bit of force but they didn't look as if they provided proper contact. I might be able to bend them to fit better though.
Really nice troubleshooting and repair job on the radio Dave and we are going to have to start calling you the record changer "Whisperer". Really nice work on those mechanisms!
Nice to see you David, Hope you were too busy with work and or pleasant leisurely and not because of illness. Nice short and sweet fix-it video, as always both entertaining and informative.
👌😎 always a great watch David, love your content, it's a cold wet day in Oldham, but can feel the warm Australian sunshine coming through 😺,cheers me up thank you
Oldham, near Manchester I think. My great great grandfather came from Tipton near Birmingham. Thank you Martin, it's warm and sunny, we are just getting into the nice weather now 🙂
Hey Dave, just a fab repair...Patience is definitely a virtue and you have loads of it..! Very interesting and comprehensive tech tips as usual..Thanks so much for sharing...Hope your keeping well..Look forward to the next adventure..Ed..uk.😀
Hi Ed, thank you. You sure need a bit of patience with this type of work otherwise it would end up in the bin. My pleasure Ed, I'm well thanks, I trust it's the same with you 🙂
Greetings Dave. good to see you treating the turntable with respect with Deutsche Grammophon recordings. As always, a great piece of workmanship. And stay out the floods please
Great work Dave, I ran my RF8 board the other day and it sounded dodgy. It's in a old SAR telephony box, repurposed the amp. Now I've seen this I'll know what to check for. I'll replace the resistors and see how it sounds. Thanks for the video Dave hope your doing ok mate.
Hi A Last, thank you. I did another RF8 a few months ago as well, that had different issues to this. Good luck with your RF8 and I am pretty good thank you 👍🙂
Haha... they can give you the willies if they are in poor condition, this one wasn't too bad luckily, I've had others that were a blob of black goo 🙄 Thanks Hijme 😀
Hey, that's great Don. They aren't so bad to do, I had trouble with my first one too, I put parts in backwards and someone had already 'fixed' it before I got there and was assembled wrong. I'm very happy you sorted yours out 👍😀
I also replace the big Electrolytic's with originals- it's worth the price...and they look great rather then tacky small CAPs just dangling under the chassis!
Hi Dave just found your Chanel and subscribed straight away my hifi amplification is a kt88-89 triode connected tube amp utilising two valves pre channel +two preamp valves a Chanel, Chinese made but UK modified sounds absolutely gorgeous as a tube -valve amp shuld I’m liking Your Chanel 👍👍
Hello David this is Chris how are you hope you're doing well. Its fun watching you enjoy what you do best. I'm glad there are repairman like us and others that appreciate fine equipment and keep them going for our young people to be curious about 😆 and enjoy the charm these antiques have. Just thought I'd give a quick hello and tell you what's going on. Have you ever worked on a Grundig Majestic model 4040? Those are physically the most difficult radios to restore. The band selector switch buttons are difficult to remove and clean and all those cables and strings and some type of rocker arm and cam assembly on top of the tuning capacitor and motor assist ???? I'm thinking it needs a valve job 😆 maybe I should bring it to my mechanic. The customer brought this thing in and it has a broken dial string and I have no idea how it goes but I'm not ready to assemble it yet anyway. The only way I would know how to wire the band switch back properly is to cut all the wires and this way I have a color code and some guide at to where they go. I tried taking a picture but its just too many wires uughh. I'm still in the process of cleaning and repairing. I guess I'll worry about how to assemble it later 😆. Maybe I'll find a German physicist to help me. It passes the dim bulb test and all I get is static so at least the amplifier is working and I am surprised the transformer is good. TTYL Have fun
Hi Chris, I'm good thanks, I trust it's the same for you. I haven't seen a 4040 but I looked it up and it looks typical for German and European radios in general, I see it has motor tuning which would be fun to play with. I located a service manual and it has the stringing diagram included. I try and clean the switch mechanism insuti, not easy but it can be done if the contacts are still intact, contact cleaner and cycling seems to clear them up. Good luck with it Chris, I hope you get it all working again 👍🙂
you do a lovely job on these, i have the single, hit the road jack :) about 1956. i would love a valve radio gram and be great to have you restore it, only on opp side of the world to us scotts. thankou for sharing :)
Great job as usual. I thought last time i didn't see right. This radio has EZ80 (6v4) for two output tubes. I never thought that it could cope. In every stereo I worked on there's EZ81 or selenium.
Nice job, the turntable sounds pretty good on the brass-heavy passages. Hope you weren't inconvenienced by the torrential rains I heard about in your region.
Hi Don, it was through the speakers on the desk, I imagine it would be terrific through the six speakers in it's cabinet. We are OK from the floods but parts of the city and outlying areas are a mess. The so called 'Mud Army' of volunteers started cleaning up today. Thanks Don 🙂
David another brilliant Refurbishment sadly many of Philips Radio Gram when the Tip when Colour TV was introduced to Australia I have found the Philip Caps were very reliable but the IRC Resistors were not they were called Shit resistors And full Marks refurbishments to Philip Turntable there were reliable unit but I guess working vintage Radio Gram you cured a few problems Again full Marks Mate,Ian, .
Hi Ian thank you. The caps in this were in bad physical condition, they may have worked OK though, the resistors were all over the place. The turntable worked well after the repair, this one needed a service which is understandable. Thanks Ian 👍🙂
Wow, I haven't seen those mustard caps go bad before. I have an old Philicorda organ with about 200 of the buggers in it. I sure hope those stay in one piece...
🎼The Tone arm is connected to the 🎵 pivot bar the pivot bar is connected to the main spring 🎶 the main spring is connected to the slide bar 🎵 let's pull the whole thing out 💥.lol I really thought you were going to burst into song then Dave best wishes and regards from up top coffee ☕ on the way
This is my radiogram, great to have it fixed! After it worked for a few days in David's workshop I got a bit worried that there wouldn't be anything to repair, but then he messaged me that he'd solved it. Enjoying my records again!
What he is not showing in the video, is he has done some cosmetic work, replacing parts that don't need replacing, it has been a full restoration!
Hi Richard, thank you, it was a pleasure doing your radio and turntable. I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it 👍🙂
This is the kindness we need in everyday society. To see people help each other and use their unique skills in tandem is heartwarming. Good work, both of you.
Another great and successful restoration. By the way David your videos are never to long. Stay Safe, Joe
Hi Joe, thank you. Stay safe yourself Joe 🙂
Another job well done, David. Always a pleasure to watch you do your (patient) magic. Even the Neolithic Monster Soldering Iron came in action. Thank you for the efforts!
Thank you alpcns, I'm glad you enjoyed it. My bronto soldering iron is never far away 😀
I'm impressed the way you know your way around a circuit board. Looks a mess to me. Always appreciate a good artisan who knows his/her craft.
Thanks George, I'm getting better at it thank goodness, I was lost when I first started out 😄
Great work, your repair videos can never be too long. Keep them coming....:-)
Thanks Lars 👍🙂
David, your videos NEVER go longer than they should have, but that's just my opinion. I never tire of watching them. Another great job of troubleshooting and repairing issues.
Thank you TheGrouchyGuy, I appreciate your feedback, cheers 🙂
Hi Dave, welcome back!
Another great repair, I see that people look you up for those difficult repairs now.
There's nothing wrong with being a repair star :)
I hope you are feeling well and have recovered from treatment.
Hi Daniel, thank you. I'm feeling good these days, not 100% but getting there, cheers 🙂
A fascinating repair job David, especially the diagnostic stages...loved the fix to the player arm mechanism too...you're a braver man than I am!
Dave
Thank you Dave. I always seem to go in head first, what can go rwong 👍😉
@@DavidTipton101 nothing you can’t fix!
I like that you made a point about the idler diameter making no difference to the speed beyond, as you also mentioned, the ability to make contact with both driving surfaces. It's surprising how persistent that misinformation is.
Hi RecordCouncil, yes it is a common misconception and understandably so, that's why I mentioned it 👍🙂
No reason to apologize for time on your videos. They are informative, instructive and chock full of good information!
Hi Jeff, thank you 🙂
I'm always amazed at how hard the mechanism drops the tone arm onto the record. The stylus cartridge must take quite a beating.
Don't worry about the video being long. Can always pause it and get up for a cuppa and a piece of cake.
BTW, recently the digital display in my very old clock radio went strange and appeared to be showing a code. I figured clock radios of that vintage wouldn't be designed show a code. Anyway, looked inside and found a large electrolytic nearby the the main clock chip.
Watching your videos led me to deciding to check all the electros. (the clock radio is about 40 years old) So I checked the large cap near the driver chip and it was a dead short. I replaced it and the display worked fine again. So I decided to change all the caps.
Thanks for the inspiration. I love the old clock radio, it was a gift from someone special.
Hi Ellesmere, it's pretty rough treatment all round with these old players. That's great to hear you had a go at your clock. Capacitors are the first to go and you get to keep your special clock a bit longer, well done 👍🙂.
Speaking of this, when I was about three, we had a DVD player. It died eventually and the final words on its vfd display were “TOOT”.
It was my introduction to electronics, because rather than throw it away, my dad let me take it apart. I remember the green boards with little caps and chips dotted about, and the big mechanism that handled the discs.
13:00 "You call that a soldering iron ? THIS is a soldering iron !" 😊👍🏻
Hi Nard, ha ha... it a solder killer 😄
Great job, David. As a Finn I was pleased to hear you playing Sibelius.
Thank you Kari, it's one of my favorite records 👍🙂
So who's a clever boy then! Well done David. None of your videos are too long. As always I love watching your work and listening to your mumbling comments. Blessings to you and your wife.😉
Hi Kenneth, thanks, I worry people will find them too long, we are an impatient lot these days, thanks for the feedback. Thank you, all the best to you 🙂
Greeting Sir David. Another fine investigation! You could bump many TV series to a non prime spot with your work!
Very entertaining and instructional for me!
Thank You!
Hi John, thank you. There is a spot where Neighbours is at the moment, that will be vacant soon 🤔😄
Good morning David. Another enjoyable video. I enjoy sitting with my morning cuppa watching your video. Thanks again.
Good morning Terry, thank you and my pleasure 🙂🍵
I remember you being a bit apprehensive about working on record decks but you've got the hang of it now!
Yes, I'm getting quite comfortable with the ones that I have done now, no doubt there will be one that will be my undoing 😄 thanks Paul.
@@DavidTipton101 BSR, Garrard and even Philips (which are generally said to be a bit tricky) are straightforward enough if you're methodical. Collaro decks can be a baffling ordeal! Dual and Perpetuum-Ebner are ok to work on. Most Japanese decks from the 70's are easy.
@@paulbennell3313 Thanks Paul, I'm looking forward to some other brands to do 🙂
This Radiogram sure did find the proper fix-it man. David your expertise is second to none. I sure do enjoy your videos.
It is great to also have that dialect/accent to listen to while going about your repairs.
Not to mention your excellent video creation and editing talents. Well done (again)
Thank you Craig, I'm happy you enjoy them. The video can take as long as the radio to produce, or longer 😀
Well done, David. You are a beacon of relaxation in today's world. I hope you are well.
Thanks David, I'm going quite well thank you 🙂
Wow - Not just an electronics maestro but a hardware engineer also - thank you
This was a nice project, Thanks David 👍🙂
I hope you realize what a pleasure it is to watch you work on these old radios. I always look forward to your videos. Hope your doing well.
Thank you Phil you are very kind. I am well thank you 👍🙂
Hi David. There is nothing better than sitting on the settee with a mug of tea, and a Daves radio adventure. Some of those old Philips turntables could be very fiddly and frustrating. Great result with the radio section. Again superb stuff and I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Cheers Chris.
Thank you Chris, glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂
That's some world class muddling there Dave! I was trying to think of a word which is the opposite of muddle but it's too early and my brain is definitely still muddling.
I can't think of anything either, stick with muddling 🙂 Thanks Kevin
Hi David, Always makes me smile when I see 45's from that side of the pond. Here the hole in the middle is almost 1.5 inches (38 mm). Must be nice not to need a special adaptor to play them.
Always gives me anxiety when I have to unclip 50 year old plastic covers. Was so happy to see nothing broke. ( Bet you felt that way also ) Idler wheels are a pain. There are places that will
rebuild them, for 75 yankee bucks. Crazy expensive. As for the length of the video, seemed to be over in 15 minutes. Always a pleasure to watch.
Hi Vern, I never understood why there were two hole sizes, our earlier 45s had a knock-out centre to make them the larger size. I agree with the old plastic, just waiting for the snap 😖 I don't think we have anyone in Oz doing idler wheel rebuilds, might be a opening there for someone. Thanks Vern 🙂
CuriousMarc talks about Apollo RF being the blackest of black arts, but I’m thinking it might be dial cords and turn tables! You never fail to impress me. Nice editing with the split screen capacitor removal. Thank you Dave for another great Friday morning video!
Haha.. you might be onto something there Steve, I've heard of sane men being driven to distraction over a dial cord. Thanks Steve 😀
I love your cautious repair on the Philips record player. Like those easy to get retaining clips with the bent ends.
Don't have those in the States so one must be extra careful in removing them or kiss it goodbye. I have a fresh
bottle of Rubber Renue which always comes in hand with hardened rubber idler wheels. The length of the video
was perfect IMHO. There are a lot of steps to show in the repair sometimes. The owner should be very pleased
with your capable hands repairing it!😁 Cheers, Steve from Illinois
Hi Steve, you have been following me for quite a while, thank you for your support. I have spare clips but I still have to crawl around looking for the ones that go 'ping!' The Rubber Renew works well but I haven't tried it on a wheel that has gone hard, that will be a test. I try to keep the videos as short as possible but they still run long, as you said, there are a lot of steps, thanks Steve 🙂
You make it look easy! I'd be so lost with the record player especially the leavers and bits underneath. Great video
Thanks clasicradiolover, plenty of photos helps or in my case video. Thanks 👍🙂
Another great restoration, Dave! The owner must be happy now, the radio and the record player work perfectly well and are ready for extra 50 years of service! Cheers!
Thanks Demitri, these are nice sets, I hope the owner gets many years of service 🙂
A braver man than me attempting to disassemble the tone arm. Another great repair. I noticed the sacrificial Whitney single came out to test things out. As always, really look forward to another radio adventure. Keep up the good work!
Haha... poor old Whitney get thrown in the deep end every time 😄
I have no fear dismantling things, it's getting them back together is the issue. Thanks Martin 😊
Wonderful job as usual Dave... Your patience and attention to detail is second to none.. Well done and bravo !!!!
Thank you Ron 👍🙂
Nice job Dave, another happy customer no doubt. Well done with the tone arm too, putting it back together I mean. I'm just having a laugh to myself here imagining something went wrong. Customer returns, you say I've checked it out and couldn't find the issue, here's the box of bits, you work it out. Sorry, sometimes my sense of humour gets warped in the heat.
Thanks Graham, I thought with the tone arm I could take the circlip off and lift it out, it didn't work out that way 🙁 That would be embarrassing if I gave him back a box of bits 😄
Thanks a lot for your very nicely made videos. It's very nice also too see and hear AM radios working from an area where there is almost nothing anymore.. Greetings from Switzerland!
Hi Gérald in Switzerland. We luckily still have most AM stations here, unfortunately not the case where you are 🙁 Thanks Gérald 🙂
Hoi David, Great repair! I have been repairing & restoring old radio's for more then 40 years now. In all these years i have NEVER found a bad ( philips - mullard ) mustard cap . They are the best caps ever made! Even today you can not find a better cap.
So...i never measure these because i know they are good . Sometimes you find a cracked one, very rare, but they are still ok ( If i spot the cracked ones..i replace them too )
Greetings from a fan in Belgium
Hi Dirk for Belgium, Thank you. I have had a few do bad and they seem to go intermittent or noisy, generally they are pretty good. This had a number of cracked ones, maybe because of the salt air we have here on the coast getting in and correding the foil 🙂
As far as I'm concerned you have no need to apologize for the extended length of your videos. I enjoy every thing about them including the length. I don't even notice the length really.
Thanks Butch, that's great to know, cheers 👍🙂
Well done David! Full marks for you patient work. Spent 30 years fixing this type of work and everything to do with TV repairs from 1964to appliances.
I usually solve your problems as you work through the repairs. I also to build audio PA amplifiers from around 1960 to 1990. These ranged from 3 watts to 500 watts output impedance from around 20 ohms to 500 ohms.
Hi Roger, thank you. I bet you are way ahead of me, nothing beats experience. That's a BIG amp! 😮
@@DavidTipton101 The 500 watt Amplifiers used a pair of 100TH valves in Push Pull. I'm to old but I think t5hey in class B2 which was typical for the day. The 100 watt amps used to use a pair of 809 valves. I remember checking the balance simply by shorting the amplifier and going arrrr into the microphone! If both plates of the 809's went cherry red or hotter equally they were considered a match! How crude was that!!!
@@rogerbird6151 Haha... that's pretty crude 😄
Dave, As always, another set of great videos. I hope your health has come back. Thanks again for all you do for this hobby.
Hi John, thank you. I'm going OK thanks but not back to what I was yet but getting there 👍🙂
Well the good thing about that Radiogram is its kind of like a modular circuit board construction. But I agree intermittent problems are some of the worst to diagnose but. I knew you were up to the task David. Thanks for another great video.
Hi LUCKYLARRY, yes, very easy to work on, I couldn't see the loose wire from where I was there was something in the way. Thanks LL 🙂
Is a pleasure see to see those radios working like new again nice job Dave
I agree Franklin, thanks 👍🙂
Great video, Dave, thank you. Never worry about long videos, the longer ones always work well with my morning coffee. Have a great day.
Thank you Stephen, enjoy your coffee and have a great day also 🙂
Great job! Love old idler wheel decks. I used to own an old Garrard idler wheel turntable. Glad you left those beautiful mustard caps in there. I’m sure you’re aware of how desirable they are, especially when fixing vintage guitar amplifiers.
Hi Nick, thank you. The mustards are pretty good but I have had a few fail so I treat them with some caution 🙂
David your videos are never too long. Time spent in your company here goes very quickly.
Thank you Jonka 😃
Spot-on as usual! Kudos for taking on mechanical repair of turntables. They can be super finnicky!
Thank you Mr Linus Poindexter. It would be easy to get into trouble with turntables they are a complex unit 🙂
Great job as per usual, nice and relaxing video to watch, never too long Dave 👍👍
Thanks waynio67 👍🙂
Enjoyable as always mate. Your videos always get me itching to go and fettle something (ha ha). Hope you and yours are all doing well. 🙂
Hi Stephen, thank you. With winter almost over there must be plenty to fettle 🙂 We are all well thank you, I trust it's the same with you.
I love it when you break out the big Birko soldering iron. Such a nostalgia trip. Another great restoration of a very nice old piece of gear which deserves to be brought back. Great video.
Hi Ian, I bought the Birko in the 70s, it's a good iron. We had a Birko hot water jug at home as well, that was from the 60s, I think Mum still had it when she moved into a unit in the late 90s. Thanks Ian 🙂
I love the fact that you and I come from a mechanical background and got into radios and electronics as a hobby. I was a certified tool maker/mechanical engineer, CNC programmer for 30 years. Loved playing with electronics as a kid, have no idea why I didn’t pursue it as a career. Being a gigging guitarist for the past 43 years forced me to learn electronics out of necessity after all my old amp techs retired or passed on. Now I’m the crotchety old fart all the young players come to to get their amps and guitars fixed. As you I’m a fairly accomplished wood worker so guitar repairs are fairly easy to repair broken necks, modified bodies…….years in a machine shop kind of transfers to woodworking well. My math skills from machine work helps in this electronics game. You’re one of my favorite CZcams channels as well as Manuel. I also love Shango066 because of his humor and just the God awful rusted, rat infested, things from the desert sitting out for 40 years he gets running. His methods are quite unique to say the least but very entertaining. I love the fact he uses a guitar amp to check caps. Pretty ingenious. Keep the great videos coming David. Much respect from Upstate New York. Mike
Hi Mike, like for like it seems, I played with electronics from a young age but pursued a career in engineering, I don't play a musical instrument however. I needed something to do in retirement so fell back to electronics and I always had an interest in woodwork too. Shango is good value, he knows what he is doing and has a strong troubleshooting mind, I haven't tried his capacitor testing method. I remember he did it once with a Mrs Miller soundtrack, it didn't improve Mr Miller's voice though. Thanks Mike 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 :-) on the Mrs. Miller
And another one done and the second RF8 as well. Great job!! Those 1/2 watt resistors were always a pain and always going high, even those capacitors have stood the test of time. but after 50+ years, so built to last. Great work, as always. If i may make a surjection... i would have increased the gap between the new electrolytic filter caps and bare chassis. A bit to close for my liking, but great work still all the same. Take care !!
Thank you Stephen, it's always a relief when a radio contains Philips caps. I know the capacitor looked close in the video but the two positive tabs were well clear and it wouldn't matter if the negative touched, there was also about 5mm in vertical clearance 👍🙂
Bloody Brilliant
Hope your Doc's have got you back in tune
Hi Mack, thank you. I have great doctors but still a work in progress, I'm pretty good now thanks 👍🙂
Nice job Dave. Just out of interest, what is the output of those units in Watts to the speakers?
Never apologise for long videos. There the ones I love.
Thank you 1974UTuber. Without looking it up I think the valve is capable of about 9 watts from the pentode 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 9 Watts is not too shabby. Next time I see a similar unit on the council clean up pile I will have to grab it.
Would make a great little stereo amp if the rest of it is no good
The turntable repair was most informative. My Grundig Radiogram has a similar record changer and will be most helpful in servicing it .
Thank you for a excellent restoration video.
Mak in Rawalpindi Pakistan
Thanks Mak. Good luck with your Garrard, take lots of pictures 👍🙂
Great to hear you are doing OK. Thanks for the excellent Video, never too long and always a pleasure to watch. Take Care David.
Hi not forrent, I'm getting there, thank you. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks, cheers and take care 👍🙂
David Tipton the person Philips RF, 8 RADIOGRAm is cool
Thanks Greg 👍😀
You made this look so simple! A reaI confidence booster indeed. I really enjoyed your video.
Thanks Eddie, they are easier than they look, lots of photos helps 🙂
Another great job. Those intermittent types of faults can drive you nuts but you got to the causes pretty quickly.
Thanks Radio-Ged. I agree, intermittent faults can take a bit of effort to find 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Hi Dave, I had a long career as a tech and I always found the bugs I introduced myself by accident were the real buggers...lol.
@@markdesjardins3153 I'm an expert on that Mark 🙄🙂
I've only tried fixing an idler once but it worked a treat! My brother dragged home an early-80s Crown tabletop console stereo a few years ago and apart from missing a cartridge, the turntable made horrible grinding noises and was very slow. The idler still felt reasonably soft but definitely had a divot in it. For want of a late I chucked it into my drill and took some wet and dry 180-grit paper with a drop of water to it until the divot was gone. Reinstalled it and the turntable worked like new again! The only thing stopping me from fixing it properly is that some bloody fool tore off the wires to the cartridge and I haven't been able to find suitable connectors. I did try to raid an old VGA plug but the pins of the cartridge I've got are too thick.
Hi Ragnar8504, a bit of sandpaper works wonders but just the minimum amount off. I think I used the sockets out of some computer cabling once, I can't recall where I got them from, but I was able to release them and remove the original wire and solder in the cartridge wires. You can also get little jumper leads from electronics shops which may be small enough, something like this: www.jaycar.com.au/150mm-socket-to-socket-jumper-leads-40-piece/p/WC6026
@@DavidTipton101 Unfortunately I had the opposite problem, the pins of my cheapo ceramic cartridge (the only thing that fits this arm without any modifications) are too fat for the connectors I salvaged. I could push them onto the pins with a bit of force but they didn't look as if they provided proper contact. I might be able to bend them to fit better though.
No need to apologise for length of your videos, there always really interesting 👍 hope you and your family are keeping well another great video.
Thank you Barry, I try and keep the pace up but they still go long 😄
Great repair loved the Sibelius Finlandia and Valse Trieste
Thank you GP Crawford, it's my favourite record 😃
Really nice troubleshooting and repair job on the radio Dave and we are going to have to start calling you the record changer "Whisperer". Really nice work on those mechanisms!
Hi Gregg, thank you. There is a bit more than whispering required at times I'm afraid but really they are not that hard. Thanks Gregg 🙂
Nice to see you David, Hope you were too busy with work and or pleasant leisurely and not because of illness. Nice short and sweet fix-it video, as always both entertaining and informative.
Hi patprop74, I'm OK now thanks, the meds knock me around but otherwise I'm fine. Thanks patprop74 👍😀
👌😎 always a great watch David, love your content, it's a cold wet day in Oldham, but can feel the warm Australian sunshine coming through 😺,cheers me up thank you
Oldham, near Manchester I think. My great great grandfather came from Tipton near Birmingham. Thank you Martin, it's warm and sunny, we are just getting into the nice weather now 🙂
Hey Dave, just a fab repair...Patience is definitely a virtue and you have loads of it..! Very interesting and comprehensive tech tips as usual..Thanks so much for sharing...Hope your keeping well..Look forward to the next adventure..Ed..uk.😀
Hi Ed, thank you. You sure need a bit of patience with this type of work otherwise it would end up in the bin. My pleasure Ed, I'm well thanks, I trust it's the same with you 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Just love your work & videos..Yes I'm good, just saddened by our world today..Take care..😓
you should write thriller novels... Chief Insp.Tipton tracks down the lost diode.... wonderful video as always David.
Thanks Chris, a best seller for sure 😄
Super work dave
Thank you Andy 🙂
Thanks David! I just spilled my coffee on the sofa laughing but no swearing.....
Haha... sorry Leif, it kinda summed it up though 😄
Motorboating 😂 Nice job on re-creating the dial pointer. Thanks for the top tip on replacing dial cords.
Poor Graham, I hope he is OK 😄 Thanks Steve, my pleasure 👍
Greetings Dave. good to see you treating the turntable with respect with Deutsche Grammophon recordings. As always, a great piece of workmanship. And stay out the floods please
Hi John, a good record that one. Thanks John, we are high and dry but the aftermath for others is dreadful 🙁
Great work Dave, I ran my RF8 board the other day and it sounded dodgy. It's in a old SAR telephony box, repurposed the amp. Now I've seen this I'll know what to check for. I'll replace the resistors and see how it sounds. Thanks for the video Dave hope your doing ok mate.
Hi A Last, thank you. I did another RF8 a few months ago as well, that had different issues to this. Good luck with your RF8 and I am pretty good thank you 👍🙂
You are very good David - particularly with the record player! Well done.
Thank you John, I'm getting used to record players 🙂
Another great video from the master! Thanks David for sharing and your videos are never too long! Take care.
Thank you John, take care 🙂
Great Work Sir, Repair Is Very Fantastic Thank You Sir.
Thank you Nath 🙂
That idler wheel gives me the creeps. It brings back memories of frustration and anger. But still, another enjoyable video.
Haha... they can give you the willies if they are in poor condition, this one wasn't too bad luckily, I've had others that were a blob of black goo 🙄 Thanks Hijme 😀
Thanks Dave. You bailed me out of trouble yet again!
Hey, that's great Don. They aren't so bad to do, I had trouble with my first one too, I put parts in backwards and someone had already 'fixed' it before I got there and was assembled wrong. I'm very happy you sorted yours out 👍😀
Great job Dave. Have a great weekend and thanks for sharing.
Thank you Brian, avagoodweekend 👍🙂
Nice work Dave! I did have to look away when you used Phillips head self tappers to secure the filter cap bases! 🙄😉
Hope all's well up there!
Thanks Chris, I know, Bunnings were all out of slotted self tappers. We are OK thanks 👍🙂
Another great video David!! I always take away some learnings from each one. Keep the videos coming!
Thanks Saint Michael, will do! 👍🙂
Hey David I'm learning from you how fix a radio record player , you explain things slowly , I did have an electronic class in high school
Thank you Sheldon, good luck with your record player 👍🙂
Thanks again Dave. I believe I won't be alone in saying your videos are NEVER too long.
Haha... OK, thanks Tim 😀
I also replace the big Electrolytic's with originals- it's worth the price...and they look great rather then tacky small CAPs just dangling under the chassis!
I agree tube-dude, certainly in this case it was the best option 🙂
Great repair job. You played Jean Sibelius "Finlandia" from the LP-record. Regards: Stig Österberg from Dalsbruk in Finland.
Hi Stig, indeed, it was Jean Sibelius, a very nice record, I play it often and a fellow countryman of yours. Thanks Stig 🙂
Hi Dave just found your Chanel and subscribed straight away my hifi amplification is a kt88-89 triode connected tube amp utilising two valves pre channel +two preamp valves a Chanel, Chinese made but UK modified sounds absolutely gorgeous as a tube -valve amp shuld I’m liking Your Chanel 👍👍
Hi Ian, and welcome. I must investigate a proper tube amp one day, maybe a project build. Thanks you for the sub Ian, cheers 🙂
Its a Manhattan Project for certain. Great work!
Hi Emily, thank you 🙂
Hello David this is Chris how are you hope you're doing well. Its fun watching you enjoy what you do best. I'm glad there are repairman like us and others that appreciate fine equipment and keep them going for our young people to be curious about 😆 and enjoy the charm these antiques have. Just thought I'd give a quick hello and tell you what's going on. Have you ever worked on a Grundig Majestic model 4040? Those are physically the most difficult radios to restore. The band selector switch buttons are difficult to remove and clean and all those cables and strings and some type of rocker arm and cam assembly on top of the tuning capacitor and motor assist ???? I'm thinking it needs a valve job 😆 maybe I should bring it to my mechanic. The customer brought this thing in and it has a broken dial string and I have no idea how it goes but I'm not ready to assemble it yet anyway. The only way I would know how to wire the band switch back properly is to cut all the wires and this way I have a color code and some guide at to where they go. I tried taking a picture but its just too many wires uughh. I'm still in the process of cleaning and repairing. I guess I'll worry about how to assemble it later 😆. Maybe I'll find a German physicist to help me. It passes the dim bulb test and all I get is static so at least the amplifier is working and I am surprised the transformer is good. TTYL Have fun
Hi Chris, I'm good thanks, I trust it's the same for you. I haven't seen a 4040 but I looked it up and it looks typical for German and European radios in general, I see it has motor tuning which would be fun to play with. I located a service manual and it has the stringing diagram included. I try and clean the switch mechanism insuti, not easy but it can be done if the contacts are still intact, contact cleaner and cycling seems to clear them up. Good luck with it Chris, I hope you get it all working again 👍🙂
Another great video Dave. Always impressed with your work. Hope you feel 100 percent very soon mate 👍. Take care mate 👍. Best wishes Terry uk 🇬🇧 ❤ 👍.
Thank you Terry, I'm getting better but not 100% for a while yet sadly. Thanks Terry, take care 👍😀
Nice work, Dave. Hope all is well with you.
Hi Wayne, I'm good thanks 👍🙂 Cheers.
Great job as always Dave! Your videos can never be too long. Cheers mate! #staysafe
Thank you James 🙂
you do a lovely job on these, i have the single, hit the road jack :) about 1956. i would love a valve radio gram and be great to have you restore it, only on opp side of the world to us scotts. thankou for sharing :)
Hi Leo, that's great song, I turn it up when it comes on the radio. Indeed, distance is a problem there 😄 Thanks Leo.
Super work, David, much enjoyed.
Thank you Theoobovril 🙂
Great job as usual. I thought last time i didn't see right. This radio has EZ80 (6v4) for two output tubes. I never thought that it could cope. In every stereo I worked on there's EZ81 or selenium.
Good point Veljko, it must be able to handle the draw, it was keeping the voltage up 🙂
You never fail Dave, tea in bed is due in 10 minutes! 🤣
I hope you are well 👍👍👍
Haha... I schedule the videos to coincide with your tea in bed, it's the least I can do 🙂 I'm good thanks VRE.
Nice work Dave. Always look forward to your videos.
Thank you Jim 🙂
Nice job, the turntable sounds pretty good on the brass-heavy passages. Hope you weren't inconvenienced by the torrential rains I heard about in your region.
Hi Don, it was through the speakers on the desk, I imagine it would be terrific through the six speakers in it's cabinet. We are OK from the floods but parts of the city and outlying areas are a mess. The so called 'Mud Army' of volunteers started cleaning up today. Thanks Don 🙂
David another brilliant Refurbishment sadly many of Philips Radio Gram when the Tip when Colour TV was introduced to Australia
I have found the Philip Caps were very reliable but the IRC Resistors were not they were called Shit resistors
And full Marks refurbishments to Philip Turntable there were reliable unit but I guess working vintage Radio Gram you cured a few problems
Again full Marks Mate,Ian,
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Hi Ian thank you. The caps in this were in bad physical condition, they may have worked OK though, the resistors were all over the place. The turntable worked well after the repair, this one needed a service which is understandable. Thanks Ian 👍🙂
David her zamanki gibi mükemmel bir iş Türkiye'den selam
Teşekkürler Mutlu, Avustralya'dan selamlar 🙂
Another nice restoration David !!
Thank you Richard 🙂
Wow, I haven't seen those mustard caps go bad before. I have an old Philicorda organ with about 200 of the buggers in it. I sure hope those stay in one piece...
Hi Mark, they are getting old but seem to be still OK in most cases, these may have been in a salty environment 🙂
Love these modern Phillips record players
They are high tech and people want them for their new and old records.
Much better than the cheap crosley
Hi Neil, there are a lot of bits in there so it must be good, thanks 😀
4:36 i love this song i have been listening to it from long time ago
Hi خالد عطايا, yes, Tracy Chapman - Fast Car... good story, a guy looking for a better life but ends up in a similar situation. Great song 👍🙂
Great job Dave
THank you Peter 👍🙂
Nice work Mr. Dave
Thanks Jay 🙂
🎼The Tone arm is connected to the 🎵 pivot bar the pivot bar is connected to the main spring 🎶 the main spring is connected to the slide bar 🎵 let's pull the whole thing out 💥.lol I really thought you were going to burst into song then Dave best wishes and regards from up top coffee ☕ on the way
Haha... great song there Shaun, it got a bit messy in there for a minute. Thanks for the coffee, take care 'Up Top' 😄