aero3113 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Started the 50 Plymouth today to let it warm up and take a ride down to the beach(we finally have some dry weather).While it was in the driveway I turned on the radio and heard the vibrator buzzing then I smelted a burning electrical smell. I turned the radio off then about 5 minutes later I turned it back on and all I hear is the vibrator, any ideas on what could have happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Sounds like a candidate for a rebuild/conversion. http://www.turnswitch.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Could have been some old wiring, a connection of some sort, or any of a number of other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 ..A radio of that age should have all the capacitors replaced as they deteriorate with age and cease to perform as a capacitor and can short or become leaky (act more like a resistor than a capacitor).The burning smell may be due to a shorted capacitor causing too much current being drawn through a resistor causing it to overheat.If it were my radio I would replace all the capacitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero3113 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 The conversion prices are not to bad, something to look into Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 There's still programming on the AM radio here in southern Alberta.Some have mentioned that there's not much of a choice of programming on AM in some areas.Personally I would probably choose to leave the AM radio intact and look at another choice for an additional radio as some have mentioned.But that's up to you of course."Recapping" an old radio isn't too difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioguy7 Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 ..A radio of that age should have all the capacitors replaced as they deteriorate with age and cease to perform as a capacitor and can short or become leaky (act more like a resistor than a capacitor).The burning smell may be due to a shorted capacitor causing too much current being drawn through a resistor causing it to overheat.If it were my radio I would replace all the capacitors. Definetly a candidate for a recap. The insulating of the old caps in these radios was wax. Expecially with classic and antique cars, the heat build up inside the cars in the summer only accelerates the degradations of them. Have it gone thru and enjoy the radio in STOCK configuration for many many more years. Also, you can have a feature added so that it will do a "Soft start" this gradually sends the current to the radio so that it is much easier on the tubes and components. I do this with many of the sets I have at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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