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Philco Model 89s are a bit weird to begin with, they use something called an autodyne circuit rather then a superheterodyne, I think it was a way of avoiding royalty payments to RCA like many of Philco's other oddball designs. If you need to know anything more about them check out the PhilcoPhoru...

If that capacitor is cracked and leaking it's definately bad, one way to test is charge it up and see if it still holds a charge with a volt meter, you can also test to see if it's shorted with an ohm meter. You might get away with going to the closest standard size or you could parallel two caps...

That's what they said about Excite, the go to search engine before Google took over, it was what they used to say about G.M in relation to the car industry, three years ago they needed a $55 billion dollar bailout, there is no such thing as too big to fail.

Sometimes they don't even bother stealing a pair of samples before making counterfeits, sometimes they copy them from photos of someone wearing a pair of prototypes, like Kanye West, and then start selling copies of the ones in the photos months ahead of time in a colour that they never intended ...

I'm not really sold on the LBJ 9s, there are some that aren't too bad colour wise but the overall design looks a bit odd. I agree about the LBJ 5s, not sure what they were thinking about there because they are very tacky looking.

I like the Zeniths made up until the mid 1930s or so, I like them much better then the black dial sets. It looks like someone retrofitted a replacement IF transformer in there, I see a square one that would be at home in a 1940s radio. With regards to the shadow meter, the coils seem to be a comm...

Amazing, something German made that isn't an A-hole to service, that probably explains why Miele has been in business for 100 years then and most of the German electronics companies are gone.

Well it started before Bush and the transition happened under Obama who did nothing about it but delay it a few months, so I think you could call it a bipartisan boondoggle.

@daviesadam23 I had a pair of Etnies once, I walked across town in them twice and the soles started to peel off, I haven't looked at a pair of Etnies since but then again I haven't seen any in a skate shop in years. The last time I saw some Etnies they were in a bike shop.

It would be a shame to trash the unit if all that is wrong are some bad 2N3055s, those are a generic workhorse power transistor used in audio amps and dozens of other things. I think I bought some surplus ones years ago for a project that I never got around to, I think they cost me $1 each but ev...

Also keep in mind that sometimes the pictures posted online are of samples or prototypes and that they often make changes for the production versions, like in colours, materials, or the embroidery, sometimes even with the soles used. NIke is not the only company that does this, I have some Ipaths...

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I could never figure out why all skate shoes don't have a one piece toe cap, or at least hidden stitching, this has been known for years but they still keep making shoes the other way. Even at Nike they were making the Zoom Tres years ago that were near bulletproof but putting out P-Rods that blo...

Looks like the P-Rod 2.5s have the same problem as the 2s, they get torn up easily. I never liked the 3s, I tried on a pair in the store and they didn't feel right, they had this stupid wedge thing behind the heel, maybe they are better after breaking in but I didn't like the looks anyhow. The on...

Did you try a shield over the 6A8 tube? I'm curious if that would make a difference with the noise. I would also try hooking up a ground to the set. That buzz sounds a lot like a defective light dimmer, or a bad power transformer on a neasrby power pole, switch mode supplies produce a different s...

@cptrainz I think it's a Regal actually, the only car that makes a Mini look macho.

Don't forget to replace any drifted resistors while you are in there, those older carbon resistors are notorious for drifting upward in value sometimes as much as 100%.

Chevron is known as an oil company in this part of the world, they used to be called Stardard Oil Company of California or Standard Oil Company of British Columbia. Chevron used to be the name of their service station franchises and Standard was the name of their company owned service stations. I...

So these things use a CVT pulley transmission like a Mobylette or a snowmobile? Looks like the makers of these succeeded with CVTs where Honda and Nissan failed.

Nice heat sinks there. Not a fan of Phillips screws but Torx are even more useless. By weird screws do you mean security screws of some kind? If they have a square hole they aren't security screws they are either Robertson Socket Head or Square drive, they are not the same even though they look l...

Ignore my last post under the LeBron VIs, It looks like youve found a way to answer your own questions. I can't tell for sure from the video but is the stitching in the number "23" a little misshapen. I like the lines of the Jordan 5s but I think they are overpriced for what is near a 20 year old...

I assume you want to know about the Air Jordan 5s correct? You have good taste in shoes by the way. I wish I could answer your questions, for some reason when it comes to retro models, especially Air Jordans, all of the reviews are about cosmetics or the history, like you say. Nobody seems to do ...

Funny how that goes with belts, some companies must have gone cheap on rubber parts and used raw latex rubber belts instead of something synthetic. They go one of two ways, into a sticky black tar or becomes petrified and crumbly. I've been encountering some eight track pinch rollers that have go...

I say so-called hemis because the hemi name had more to do with marketing a performance image then the actual design of the combustion chambers, they will still give a chebby 350 a spanking however.

It's interesting how many companies in many countries tried to develop a cartridge type tape format, most were much less successful then the RCA cartridge. It wasn't really until the mid 1960s that one finally took off, first the four and then later the eight track cartridge, but what made those ...

I believe that it's a 1936-37 RCA model actually, the 1938 models didn't use the pinwheel style dials like that set has.

Actually scratch that, it isn't even a ballanced armature speaker it's just a permanent magnet speaker, not to be confused with a PM dynamic speaker which is what they have used since the late 1930s.

I found a search engine called scroogle that even has a link to emailing the U.S Justice Department so you can complain about Google. They are already being looked into for anti competitive activities by a congressional committee. If they start asking for personal info I'm gone, even though I hav...

Interesting, I finally found out what the bore and stroke is for one of these Holden 253s. The bore is 3.625 inches and the stroke is 3.062 inches. According to the info that I found a 308 has a 4 inch bore but also has 3.062 inch stroke. So Holden must have used the same block and crank for a 30...

Cassettes have four tracks and two programs much like a normal 1/4 inch reel to reel machine but smaller. However eight tracks have four programs with two channels each but like the 1/4 inch reel to reel they only have two pickups in the playback head but unlike the reel to reel and cassettes the...

The layout of the engine reminds me of an Oldsmobile, it looks wider then a Chebby. A mechanic friend told me years ago that one way to unstick valves is to hit them from the spring end with a hammer, (after the rockers are removed of course) never tried it but if you think about it it makes sens...

I think that the plastic layer they used to laminate the safety glass to the front of the CRT is polyvinyl acetate or PVA, the same stuff used to laminate car windshields. The grey coating is likely the inside layer of the aquadag, it's a type of graphite paint, though some picture tubes often ha...

I've got a cure for them, it involves cement powder, flour, and a bowl of water mixed with antifreeze, unfortunately while it kills them they could still crawl behind something and die. I really like that cat Jack, every cat I've had was terrified of cars but he crawls right inside them. Is he fr...

I'm not going to get into Dave of David's Farm background but I'm not surprised he has people showing up given the types of videos he makes, and the fame or infamy his former channel produced. They attract the sort of people whom you don't want showing up at your door, basically the real life ver...

It may have had the same playing time as an 8 track but not the same fidelity, the general rule when it comes to tapes is tha higher speed equals higher fidelity. This was the main setback for the Phillips compact cassettes in competing with 8 tracks and LP records, because they operated at a slo...

My favorites are the updated version of the RCA carts, the ones where they replaced the rivot by a single catch at the front. You place your thumb or finger in the slot and pull back while placing preasure on the top of the cartridge, then you can lift the top up, swing it back, and off.