It's usually the old, dried up electrolytic capacitors, and they are easy to see - the bottom is usually pushed out. IIRC, you have replaced those in MB boards - the big old console will be easier to work on.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 8:03 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I need to find some vintage radio repair guy I guess, not something I’m > going to tackle. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 12, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > >> [I] do not know anything about replacing transistors > > > > It has to be done carefully, else your replacements pop just like the > originals did. > > Bringing them up slowly on a Variac and probing carefully around the > circuitry to > > keep an eye on things along the way is often a very good thing. Check > the capacitors > > first, it's likely that some other circuit component failed first and > the rest all went in > > a cascade. > > > >>> i suppose contact cleaner is in order? > > > > Yes. I swear by Caig De-Ox-It. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
