1948 Mopar 602 Truck Car AM Radio Restore

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  @thatotherguy120 · 3 years ago

  I gotta tell ya, there is nothing better on cold west coast morning then a hot cup of coffee an a new Shango video.

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• DO

  @dorelgogu8631 · 3 years ago

  Hi, Shango! I built a solid state vibrator that's pretty reliable. I used a 555 oscilator and a dual comparator (one in inverting and one in noninverting configuration) who's following the charge and discharge of the capacitor of the 555, then driving two FETs. In my case, I had 12V cars. With two small pots you can precisely set the conduction points for each of the FETs, and by choosing the resistors for the 555 you can vary the frequency, in order to obtain the correct B+. The voltage for the 555 should be regulated, I choose 9V. The schematic is a bit more complicated, but is very reliable and flexible. I built 3 of these about 2 years ago and are still working. And, for the laughs, I've put it in an emptied aluminum capacitor. 😁

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• NI

  @NigelDixon1952 · 3 years ago

  Brings back wonderful memories! I was about 12 in the early 60s, when my brother in law gave me one of those from an old bus that was rotting away at the bus garage where he worked. I'm in the UK, by the way. I used it in the house from a mains PSU. That thing was so heavy! The best radio I had. Happy days!

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• BU

  @BuickEcosse · 3 years ago

  Got a notification yesterday telling me part 2 had been uploaded but when i looked it had vanished

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• JA

  @jasonbass2973 · 3 years ago

  So glad you didn't give up. So cool to see these old radios work again.

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• JO

  @joes3485 · 1 year ago

  It lives after all! Kudos! Most auto radios were quite sensitive. This one seems to work quite well now.

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• TO

  @tony--james · 3 years ago

  radio, literally just had it's 75th Birthday!!!

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  @K6HKM · 3 years ago

  Back in 1978 my uncle had that same truck and radio, every time it rained water would come running down the center above the windshield like a waterfall right on top of the radio

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• JO

  @jordanch68 · 3 years ago

  Awesome as always. Looking forward to part 2. I've got three radios for a 58 Ford Fairlane 500 I need to work on and the vibrator has been the hold up.

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• LY

  @LyonsArcade · 3 years ago

  The cool thing is since the radio's vertical like that, it prevented anybody from hacking up the dash to put a replacement in since they're all horizontal!  Every old car or truck I ever bought somebody had hacked a CD DIN size player in there...

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• MA

  @mauanderuk · 3 years ago

  Well that turned out better than expected can't wait for part 2.

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• LY

  @LyonsArcade · 3 years ago (edited)

  Hour long video on a 1948 (before most of us were born) Mopar AM radio repair????......   YES PLEASE MAY WE HAVE ANOTHER MR SHANGO G0D-LIKE REPAIR MAN PERSON

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