Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Swan 400 Restoration, pt 1

 This is a Swan 400 from a SK friend. It was pretty rough, very dirty, looked to have been wet or stored in a damp place. Notes inside suggest that it was last on the air around 1995. So far, I've cleaned (not polished) the chassis, removed the crud / oxidation from the crystals, cleaned the crystal sockets, cleaned the tube pins and tested them, serviced the tube sockets, repaired a rotary switch, sanded and repainted the rf cage cover, and located a few parts online. I'm trying to keep it as original as possible, we'll see how this goes....