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President Lincoln ?

Delta 1

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Mar 11, 2016
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Hello all... I was hoping someone can answer a question for me. I received a president Lincoln in the mail today, I noticed when I took radio out of box that there was something inside of the radio bouncing around, and this is what I found (pictures) does show a CE85 fairenhight circle 85... Radio seems to function properly, was hoping someone could let me no what the part is and it's function.. thanks and Happy Holidays ..IMG_20171220_110815445.jpg IMG_20171220_110932056.jpg
 

Look for 2 wires sticking out circle printed on PCB, than replace.
Mike
I'll have to take it to the shop I go too.. the radio functions as it should.. can you tell me Mike what its function is, hasn't effected the radio as far as functionality goes.. Thanks for the reply Mike..
Look for 2 wires sticking out circle printed on PCB, than replace.
Mike
 
That is an electrolytic capacitor. Picture #2 shows it being gutted and the "guts" are probably still connected on the PCB. Never seen a failure like that. On the piece you have, there should be a value on it like 100uf. Get a new one with the same value, find its location on the PCB and replace.
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That is an electrolytic capacitor. Picture #2 shows it being gutted and the "guts" are probably still connected on the PCB. Never seen a failure like that. On the piece you have, there should be a value on it like 100uf. Get a new one with the same value, find its location on the PCB and replace.
cp1000uf.jpg
That is an electrolytic capacitor. Picture #2 shows it being gutted and the "guts" are probably still connected on the PCB. Never seen a failure like that. On the piece you have, there should be a value on it like 100uf. Get a new one with the same value, find its location on the PCB and replace. Appreciate the information Mike.. that explains why it still working.. will get it to tech this weekend and let him replace it.. and check the radio out.. Thanks again Mike.. 73
cp1000uf.jpg
 
If you know the voltage rating and the capacitance rating you can narrow down where it goes pretty easy. On top of that it should not take too much examination to find the remains for that cap on the board. Imagine if you will the case from your lead acid battery in your car fell off and all you had in the car was the internal guts from the battery still hooked up to the cables. This is similar to that.

Something is being effected just because you can not tell does not mean the radio is functioning normally. It just means that single part failure has not caused enough damage yet to become obvious to you during normal operations. Same thing happens in car's and in people where something is wrong but not presenting enough symptoms yet to be discovered by mechanic or doctor with routine test's. That is when you have to wait for it to get worse before you can figure out what is wrong!

You should take this radio right away to a good radio technician because those are really good radio's and their is nothing like them today. Parts are almost unobtainium!
 
If you know the voltage rating and the capacitance rating you can narrow down where it goes pretty easy. On top of that it should not take too much examination to find the remains for that cap on the board. Imagine if you will the case from your lead acid battery in your car fell off and all you had in the car was the internal guts from the battery still hooked up to the cables. This is similar to that.

Something is being effected just because you can not tell does not mean the radio is functioning normally. It just means that single part failure has not caused enough damage yet to become obvious to you during normal operations. Same thing happens in car's and in people where something is wrong but not presenting enough symptoms yet to be discovered by mechanic or doctor with routine test's. That is when you have to wait for it to get worse before you can figure out what is wrong!

You should take this radio right away to a good radio technician because those are really good radio's and their is nothing like them today. Parts are almost unobtainium!
I ended up sending radio back to seller ..the radio took a beating in the shipping process, I'm very disappointed it was in pristine condition.. the inside took the impact of being bounced around inside the box.. well I have the President George was hoping to add little brother to the collection, and yes they are getting harder to come by.. I thank all of you for your feedback and have a happy new year...
 
I wouldn’t surprise me to know the capacitor may have been already replaced. Typically when capacitors blow their covers off, they also leave sticky confetti all over the radio. Someone could have replaced the capacitor and cleaned that all that mess up, but unknowingly left the shell behind. Who knows, that shell could have been lodged or stuck somewhere and fell loose later. Just a thought….
 

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