SILVERTONE 17" PORTABLE
I SCORED THIS FROM THE SAME ANTIQUE STORE AS MY MOTOROLA TABLETOP.  THE CRT IS GOOD.  I SEE MANY SIMILARITIES TO MY METEOR SET.  BOTH WERE SOLD BY SEARS.  THE CABINET IS IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION.  THE PRICE TAG SAID THE SET DIDN'T WORK.  I ALWAYS BUY SETS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT DOESN'T WORK.  THIS SHOULD BE EASY TO RESTORE.  NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO SOFT START THIS YET.

1 MAR 2008.  I DISASSEMBLED THE SET, CLEANED IT UP AND ATTEMPTED A SOFT START.  I GOT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  THE TUBES WOULDN'T EVEN LIGHT.  I FOUND THE RESISTOR IN THE HEATER STRING OPEN.  ALL CONTROLS WERE CLEANED, AS WELL AS THE TUNER.  I WILL GET A SERVICE MANUAL SOON.  THIS IS A HOT CHASSIS SET.  I DON'T KNOW HOW THE POWER SUPPLY IS WIRED.  I MAY ONLY HAVE TO POLARIZE THE PLUG.  CHASSIS PICS WILL BE COMING SOON. 

20 MAR 2008:  THE FINE TUNING SHAFT IS BROKEN.  IT IS MADE OF BAKELITE.  I NEED TO FIND A WAY TO FIX IT.  SOME THINGS COME TO MIND.  I WILL REPLACE ALL PAPER AND BLACK BEAUTY CAPS, AS WELL AS THE ELECTROLYTICS.  HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE ALL I WILL NEED.  CHASSIS PICS COMING VERY SOON.
THIS IS THE REAR VIEW OF THE CHASSIS.  IT SITS VERTICALLY IN THE CABINET.  FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, IT LOOKS LIKE SILVERTONE BLACK AND WHITE SETS FROM THE ERA ARE LIKE THIS.
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