This is an Icom IC-720 I bought in an estate sometime back. This was built around 1980. I don't have a clue what this poor radio went through, as it was in the basement and covered in mud.
Expecting the worst, I started on the internals first (before wasting a lot of time cleaning). To my surprise. It was just the typical stuff...dirty switches, noisy controls, etc. The motorized band switch was seized up, but cleaning and lube fixed that. I replaced all of the 6vdc caps, a couple of larger electrolytics, and touched up the alignment. This old girl came to life and played like a new radio!
A bit of cleaning, and it went on to pull time in the shack of a new ham. Some of these old radios are real gems. Here's a video and a few pics...
