Motorola 19K1 restoration

[TheNixer]

I was finally able to get back to my e-mail this weekend and found two e-mails from Tom. Wow is he a nice guy! He really helped me out with the details of this set. Here are the photos he provided. I can't tell if it's spelled VanDyke or VanDyck. Either way, it's one great looking set.

Bob, thank you for all the photos and attention you've already given the set. It's all much appreciated, thank you.

[DaveWM]

what is the game plan on that CRT socket? leave and use as is, replace it, or try to build it up somehow? I assume no hurry on what to do until the set is closer to working.

[John Marinello]

Some manufacturers coated that glass portion of the CRT with some sort of insulating paint, beyond me as to why. I didn't think glass could be inproved upon as an insulator. The pic is of a 16GP4 that was coated.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by John Marinello

Some manufacturers coated that glass portion of the CRT with some sort of insulating paint, beyond me as to why. I didn't think glass could be inproved upon as an insulator. The pic is of a 16GP4 that was coated.

Interesting. That portion on this CRT seems to have maybe a hint of old coating. Otherwise, just glass. Maybe they removed it during the rebuild process ?

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

what is the game plan on that CRT socket? leave and use as is, replace it, or try to build it up somehow? I assume no hurry on what to do until the set is closer to working.

Initially, I was going to remove the remains of the existing socket and replace it. Possibly with a donor from a dud tube.

Now that I've inspected it closer, I think I'll try to build it up with something like 2-part epoxy. All 5 pins and the center key are in good shape. So is the entire circumference of the end of the base.

Reading all the warnings on that CRT are making me a little nervous of messing around with it.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by TheNixer

I was finally able to get back to my e-mail this weekend and found two e-mails from Tom. Wow is he a nice guy! He really helped me out with the details of this set. Here are the photos he provided. I can't tell if it's spelled VanDyke or VanDyck. Either way, it's one great looking set.

Bob, thank you for all the photos and attention you've already given the set. It's all much appreciated, thank you.

Excellent! Tom is responsible for pointing me to this forum a while back


"...2 control knobs on front panel are all that are needed for normal operation..."

Ha! Pull off those two 'simple' controls and you'll find all the other adjustments lurking


Cool that the tuner has UHF capabilities. I counted 15 positions when I rotated it. If we're really lucky, it has the right parts to pick up some of the few remaining analog UHF broadcasts in our area.
I really hope I won't have any need to go poking around in there.
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