Unhealthy as it may sound, I like tinkering with old electronics. Well, just about anything that's out of warranty and not working. I usually go for the real basket cases since I don't feel like I'm ruining anything if things go horribly wrong. And I'm always learning something new if all else fails...

Hello again. Well, I replaced the two can capacitors on the amplifier board and the record player sounds even better, but still no radio to speak of. I can poorly pick up maybe six FM stations between 100 and 106 but they're choppy sounding. And no AM whatsoever. I've connected both the internal ant...

Thanks for the info. I was trying to work with what parts I had instead of ordering some. So I'm putting in a capacitor order to Parts Express. I'll get caps for a couple other projects too (Packard Bell console and Grunow radio). I'll let you know what happens.

Hello everyone. I've tinkered with radios and hi-fis for years, but most of my successes have been with tube equipment. I came across my current project for $5.00 at a trailer park sale, felt sorry for it, and dragged it home to join the rest. It's a smaller, Spanish style Sears Silvertone solid sta...