Mostly Repairing A 1960s Zenith AM/FM Radio

[@cpgixxer]

Can't wait to work on this unit, it's a sweet piece! Thanks for the gift my friend!

[@tomj4506]

VERY rare piece ! I worked for a big Zenith dealer 1970 til the end & never saw one. I remember the SM for it but thats it. Probably only a few runs & a lot of the rare stuff went to employees in Chicago. Also watch for early hand wired ( 12 & 19") B&W solid state stuff & the AA5 based 4 band SW reciever. Awesome stuff ! LFOD !

[@Compact-Cassette]

What a great collection of all sorts of wonderful things in the trunk of a car, bravo!

[@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez]

Sounds great over the phone and looks neat too!

[@TheKeymaster316]

Great work, it’s amazing what you can do with those old radios with a little work. Nice save!

[@terrym1065]

Found the buzz problem for your buddy, now he can replace all those capacitors, good move😉 Tubes can also be a problem and testing/replacing...well!! Thanks for the video, very interesting.

[@cheaprubbergarage6015]

I went to subscribe to brads channel and realized I'm already subscribed 😅 I look forward to seeing him finish up the Zenith

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

That’s a GREAT 👍 little radio 📻. DON’T change that grille cloth. You’ll NEVER 👎 get it the exact same, and may even devalue the radio 📻. Tube equipment is ALWAYS THE BEST!! Your friend, Jeff.

[@nazeerabdulrahuman9526]

Thanks As always really enjoyed watching ❤

[@mjg263]

Wow, never seen that model Zenith before. Nice!

[@danielmorris2607]

There is a clip that holds the power cord to the particle board you can remove and use the original cord.

[@bmboldt]

Its great you have a source for some free equipment. I recently got a Pioneer QC-800A for cheap that didn't need much work. Might be working on a SX-727 for a friend of a friend. I try to not charge much more than the cost of the materials at this point since I am still learning. I try to order some extra parts for myself since I usually have to place a parts order.

[@Keepee66]

Great pay forward Brother!

[@jameswallace5059]

I see three transformers on that chassis. Two output and a power isolation. Probably not a hot chassis. Nice to be safe though.

[@guywalker29]

Okay, it is the caps, and your replacement @ 14:17 , 100 microferet 200 volt capacitor installation really does the trick, is there anyone out there around the Great Barrington to Albany NY area that is able to do this for me? New York City, lets hear from you!

[@hanksta34]

Good morning from Georgia to you in Montana.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Nice work man. Kitty! 🐈

[@pglick123]

You need a "cheater" cord. One of those power cords taken off the particle board from an old dead unit.

[@pglick123]

The selenium rectifier is not great for rectification but if it doesn't smell really bad it's probably doing something.

[@alanarmstrong2323]

Love tube equipment!

[@cnhhnc]

Those old radios are cool. I remember my parents having one. Smaller than this and mono but very smooth sounding with that rotary tuner. It may have been a Zenith, not sure!

[@Earcandy73]

That is not a hot chassis set. You have a transformer in there. The selenium rectifier will need to go. You can replace it with an IN4007 diode. Just make sure there’s a resistor in series with the diode as it is way more efficient than the selenium rectifier. These sets were incredibly sensitive on FM!

[@TV-js5zg]

멋져요~~!!!

[@johnohara54]

What are you accomplishing by taking time to pull that tape off the front?

[@dbaider9467]

It's very beautiful. Absolutely State-Of-The-Art in its day. The AM and FM different colored dots...how did that work?

[@guywalker29]

I've owned 3 of these. All three hum buzz with high volume if you try to connect a preamp to the phono input. Right now I've got a Harman Kardon Citation IV into the back of one of these, and it plays pretty well, but there is an underlying hum that gets real loud with the volume at halfway. The preamp is very powerful so I am getting away with it, but I wish someone would tell me that there's no way to ground a hot chassis 2 prong plug radio with up to date code wiring in a house because there's only one person I'd trust with this and I think they are probably no longer around to examine my Zenith X347 this time.

[@SeasickUpload]

Hey Sadie!

[@bones007able]

I have the same zenith , don't have the extension speaker thou

[@iceberg789]

ah. bought home all those thrown away stuff again. we dont have those antique stuff here, a pity, 🤣

[@StaryiPatefon]

👍👍👍🤝

[@bobgrob4]

dude....31k subs? That doesnt sound right. You should 10x that right now. Get me Tom Evans!!!

[@ldenorio]

iv'e always found that when i turn on my equipment it starts to work

[@reinkansman1081]

Nice haul from Craig! without getting on Craig's list. Sorry.

[@johnhooperm.d.4222]

It's pronounced 'TechNeeks' I'm you have already been told this a few times hopefully. :)

[@dannyfreitas2120]

a tube amp sometimes not good idea to have load output transformer may fry

[@RanceHosein11]

Hahhaha heard you loud and clear hahahha

[@dannyfreitas2120]

i want it beautful

[@RogierYou]

No longer taking your radios to the carwash?

[@mikepxg6406]

Sounds like you picked up some god botherers on the radio.

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

AM aint what it used to be.

[@briangoldberg4439]

they make cheater cords you can use to plug directly into the back of the radio for service techs

[@АнтохаДолинзлейшийхейтер]

кристофер молтисанти

[@MrDoneboy]

It's pronounced..."Tek-Neeks".

[@chikoavena3407]

Christian hiphop? 🤣

[@guywalker29]

Just got off the phone with Biff or something like that been in the repair business 50 years The Stereo Shop in Hartford CT and he spent 10 minutes telling me he couldn't do this for under $300 to start and that you can't get parts anymore and then spent another 10 minutes telling me I could do it just go online and find the part for $5 and solder it in myself. Ocular migraine followed. Truth.